. The Street railway journal . vetrailers or coaches that had been operated in trains on the rail- tered to meet the local conditions. Each car is equippedwith four G. E. 51 motors, rated at 80 hp each, and pneu-matic trolley bases have been fitted on them. One of thesecars has been in constant service on the Long Beach lineof the Pacific Electric Railway for some time, and is usedfor the flyer service, morning and evening, making a speed regularly of a mile a minute. Thereconstructed car is 55 ft. longover all, and weighs 62,500 lbs.,while the standard 250 type carof the company is 49 ft. 6 i
. The Street railway journal . vetrailers or coaches that had been operated in trains on the rail- tered to meet the local conditions. Each car is equippedwith four G. E. 51 motors, rated at 80 hp each, and pneu-matic trolley bases have been fitted on them. One of thesecars has been in constant service on the Long Beach lineof the Pacific Electric Railway for some time, and is usedfor the flyer service, morning and evening, making a speed regularly of a mile a minute. Thereconstructed car is 55 ft. longover all, and weighs 62,500 lbs.,while the standard 250 type carof the company is 49 ft. 6 ins. inlength and weighs 64,700 lbs. The trailers were originally 40ft. long and had no windows,being as shown in Fig. 3. Six ofthese cars have been rebuilt intoexpress cars of the type illus-trated in Fig. 4, and six .will beremodeled and used as passengertrailers for service on the SanPedro and Newport Beachbranches of the Long Beach line. The express car, as re-built, is 41 ft. 9 ins. long, weighs 37,360 lbs., and is mounted.
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