. American engineer and railroad journal . n the generatorsupplies more current than is needed by the motors. The car illustrated is 66 ft. over all and has a capacity of 75seated passengers. The 150 gas engine is of the verticaltype direct connected to an 85 shunt wound interpole gen-erator. The motors, of which there are two, are of 100 each and are of the series wound interpole type. Thestorage battery contains 112 cells and has a 150 ampere hourcapacity. The car body is of steel construction throughout, with theexception of the interior finish, which is of vermillion
. American engineer and railroad journal . n the generatorsupplies more current than is needed by the motors. The car illustrated is 66 ft. over all and has a capacity of 75seated passengers. The 150 gas engine is of the verticaltype direct connected to an 85 shunt wound interpole gen-erator. The motors, of which there are two, are of 100 each and are of the series wound interpole type. Thestorage battery contains 112 cells and has a 150 ampere hourcapacity. The car body is of steel construction throughout, with theexception of the interior finish, which is of vermillion power plant is located at the head end of the car and sepa-rated from the other compartments by a partition. Directly be-hind it is a compartment arranged with transverse seats uphol-stered in red leather. This section is separated from the rearcompartment, which is fitted with wicker chairs and other con-veniences of a club car, by a grill partition. An observationplatform, surrounded by brass rails, is the rear end. STRANG GAS-ELECTRIC CAR IRENE. July, 1908. AMK1UCAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURN 857 of the car. The interior finish and arrangement is viraic, the , of course, being bj electricity It is heated bjtin hot water from the engine jackets which is circulated bjmeans of a motot driven centrifugal pump. During the summerus the jacket water i- passed through a radiator on thiroof of. the car. [he car weighs, in working order, 57 tons and is capable ofhauling three light trailer car- seating 75 passengers each. It isequipped with multiple unit control and can thu 1 as a source of power for a number oi motor cars connected to it. This car was on exhibition at the mechanical convention at Atlantic City, when the center of much interest and brought forth many favorable comments. FREIGHT CAR INTERCHANGE. The present rules gover g freight car interchange were for-mulated and have been in effect under a period of alnii 1 continuous mi in tr
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