. The Street railway journal . over the bolsters to the steel-plate headstocks. The bolstersare of steel channel, riveted to the underside of the sills andsupported by straps. Central buffing and drawbars are arrangedat each end of the trailer cars, and the trailing end of the motorcars, the couplers being fitted with side guide springs to damposcillation and lateral motion when passing over crossingsand round curves. At the motor compartment end, standardbuffing gear is utilized to simplify the running or shunting ofthese trains if brought in contact with the ordinary rollingstock. All cars a
. The Street railway journal . over the bolsters to the steel-plate headstocks. The bolstersare of steel channel, riveted to the underside of the sills andsupported by straps. Central buffing and drawbars are arrangedat each end of the trailer cars, and the trailing end of the motorcars, the couplers being fitted with side guide springs to damposcillation and lateral motion when passing over crossingsand round curves. At the motor compartment end, standardbuffing gear is utilized to simplify the running or shunting ofthese trains if brought in contact with the ordinary rollingstock. All cars are electrically lighted and heated, the necessaryswitches being placed in the vestibule entrance of each coach,and so arranged as only to be accessible by means of a specialkey carried by the guard. There is a through bell communica-tion which enables the guard, by means of a special key, togive the motorman the signal to start from any vestibuleentrance on the train. The total weight without passengers of each trailer car is.
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