. The Street railway journal . g finished in bright yellow; an externalview of one of the cars is presented in an accompanying en-graving. The total weight per car is 60,000 lbs., of which only 25,000lbs. is in the car body, the remainder, lbs., being below,thus bringing the center of mass very low. Of the 35,000 the car body, the trucks weigh 16,000 lbs. and the motors16,000 lbs., while the air-brake equipment, storage tanks, etc.,make the remaining 3000 lbs. The cars are all equipped withthe Holland roller-bearing trolley base, supplied by the HollandRoller Bearing Trolley C
. The Street railway journal . g finished in bright yellow; an externalview of one of the cars is presented in an accompanying en-graving. The total weight per car is 60,000 lbs., of which only 25,000lbs. is in the car body, the remainder, lbs., being below,thus bringing the center of mass very low. Of the 35,000 the car body, the trucks weigh 16,000 lbs. and the motors16,000 lbs., while the air-brake equipment, storage tanks, etc.,make the remaining 3000 lbs. The cars are all equipped withthe Holland roller-bearing trolley base, supplied by the HollandRoller Bearing Trolley Company, Cleveland. Ohio. Other fea-tures to be noted are United States headlights of the Moshiertype, Knutson trolley retrievers and Van Dorn No. 11 radialtype couplers. STORAGE AIR BRAKESA novel feature of this roads equipment is to be noted in theuse of the storage air-brake system. This method was installedsome time ago upon the older cars used upon the Toledo &Monroe section, after quite a thorough investigation by the. VIEW IN WAITING ROOM OF THE SOUTH ROCKWOOD DEPOT,LOOKING TOWARD TICKET OFFICE officials of prevailing braking systems. It was thought thatthe advantages to be gained from the use of the large centralair compressor plant, from which storage tanks upon the carsshould be filled occasionally, seemed to weigh out of considera-tion any other scheme. The new system has proven very eco-nomical, and in practical operation is very satisfactory. The details of the system follow in general the lines of thesystems that have been installed in Detroit, St. Louis and else-
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