. The street railway review . ving the aisle 25 in. wide with i6lA-in. seats are upholstered in spring cane and have step-over general dimensions of the cars are as follows: Length overthe end panels 3g ft. 8 in., and over crown pieces 49 ft. 8 in.; frompanel over crown, 5 ft.; centers of posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; the side sillsare 4% x 7ZA in. and the end sills are 4 x 634 in.; sill plates, 12x Y% in.; thickness of corner post, in., and of side post. .Viin. The cars are mounted on the American Car Cos. M. C. , type of truck No. 15, with wheel base of 6 ft. 2 in. and
. The street railway review . ving the aisle 25 in. wide with i6lA-in. seats are upholstered in spring cane and have step-over general dimensions of the cars are as follows: Length overthe end panels 3g ft. 8 in., and over crown pieces 49 ft. 8 in.; frompanel over crown, 5 ft.; centers of posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; the side sillsare 4% x 7ZA in. and the end sills are 4 x 634 in.; sill plates, 12x Y% in.; thickness of corner post, in., and of side post. .Viin. The cars are mounted on the American Car Cos. M. C. , type of truck No. 15, with wheel base of 6 ft. 2 in. and 33 of wheels. The rolling stock for the interurban lines includes the followingequipment: Fifteen cars with 30 to 45-ft. bodies and four G E -57motors, 3 cars with 30-ft. bodies and four G E -1000 motors, 4 carswith 40-ft. bodies and four G E -74 motors, 15 cars with 50-ft. bodiesand four G E -73 motors, 3 cars with 60-ft. bodies and four G E -73motors. There has been adopted as a conventional sign for use on all. FORTY-TON FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE. cars the neat monogram shown in the accompanying illustration. Asit appears on the side of a car in brightly-colored paints the designis especially pleasing. A button bearing this monogram is worn bymany employes. Freight Equipment. The extensive freight and express traffic which is carried on over the entire system is handled by the following equipment: 2 locomo- miilar to the one illustrated; 2 motor cars for hauling various freight and work trains; [2 express-baggage cars equipped with four 65-h. p. motors, and air brakes; 60 gondola cars for handling coal; 102 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Vol. XVI, No. 2. 12 center-dump freight cars; 4 Rodgers ballast cars; 12 side-dumpcoal cars, and 16 standard steam-road box cars of 60,000-lb. capacityfor grain and bay traffic. There arc also being built at Danville andSt. Louis four more express cars which will be equipped with fourmotors each, type M control and air brakes. The 40-ton locom
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