. The street railway review . VItU nl .\l .11 MTIIN II 500-V(llT \MiOU\ Ml. lll>. The cars .ire furnished with Irauvcrse seals built with woodenslats and each car contains three comparlments, two for passengersand one for baggage. The latter are filled with folding seals .imlIbe entrances to the cars arc closed with sliding doors. I:ach wheel of the double truck cars is acted upon by coinbiiu-dband and air brakes. A compressor for the air brakes is a toothed wheel gear from nf ibe axles. There are also 866 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIV, Mo. u. eight sand jets work
. The street railway review . VItU nl .\l .11 MTIIN II 500-V(llT \MiOU\ Ml. lll>. The cars .ire furnished with Irauvcrse seals built with woodenslats and each car contains three comparlments, two for passengersand one for baggage. The latter are filled with folding seals .imlIbe entrances to the cars arc closed with sliding doors. I:ach wheel of the double truck cars is acted upon by coinbiiu-dband and air brakes. A compressor for the air brakes is a toothed wheel gear from nf ibe axles. There are also 866 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIV, Mo. u. eight sand jets worked by compressed air. Motors were chosenof a size to give a speed of from 13 to 14 km. per hour on the Ml lamps, each scries containing seven lamps, five of which burn>iinnllaneoiisly. In order to adapt the system of lamps to either of t 50- J* T IftfO ^ _ ma a: 3%. CROSS SKITION OK Ul-MENSIONS IN .METERS.) steepest grades and 25 km. per hour on the level. Each motor caris provided with four motors of the Oerlikon type. Thesemotors are built with closed cast iron magnet frames to which the laminated iron pole pieces arc screwed The two halves of the frames are hinged togetherand can be easily opened and the armature readilychanged. The motor hearings are lubricated bymeans of oil rings and the a.\lc bearings by feltstrips. The current is collected by means of fourcarbon brushes and holes are provided in the upperpart of the case of the frame to permit the commu-tator to be inspected when the motors arc in posi-tion under the car. The series parallel system oi control is used. 1-orslow speeds and for starting the motors are used inseries; for high speeds and heav\- loads they arcused in parallel. The same controller provides forboth the forward and backward motion of the car. There are four different points for the series connect
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