. The Street railway journal . with the headlights as resistance. Three ofthese bunches are in the closed compartment and one in eachof the open sections. In addition there are four panel lightsin the inclosed portion, and a fifth on the outside over one ofthe doors, forming a series of five, which is connected directlyto the car circuit, and is useful in lighting the car when theheadlight is being changed or when it is out of order. Thisgives twenty-five lights, in the car instead of ten incandescentsand one arc, and besides saving the current of five lamps, givesa very good illumination and
. The Street railway journal . with the headlights as resistance. Three ofthese bunches are in the closed compartment and one in eachof the open sections. In addition there are four panel lightsin the inclosed portion, and a fifth on the outside over one ofthe doors, forming a series of five, which is connected directlyto the car circuit, and is useful in lighting the car when theheadlight is being changed or when it is out of order. Thisgives twenty-five lights, in the car instead of ten incandescentsand one arc, and besides saving the current of five lamps, givesa very good illumination and one that is more pleasing thanthat from the combination lighting. Another improvementin the electrical management of the cars has been the placingof all fuses on the compressor and light circuits under the car-sill, thus minimizing the risk from fire. The trucks of the car are known as the Los Angeles Rail-way standard, and are of the design illustrated in Fig. 6, andalso shown on the car in Fig. 4. Each truck is formed of 4-. FIG. 11.—INTERIOR OF EMERGENCY CAR in. forgings, varying in thickness from $4 in- to 1 in. Thebolster is built up of 1 in. x 6 in., and 24 in. x 6 in. steelplates, with a solid oak center. Bracket wheels, 30 ins. in diam-eter are mounted on 4 in. axles, with 354 in. x 7 in. wheel base is 5 ft. 3 ins., and the bolster centers of thetwo trucks of each car are 23 ft. apart. The equipment com-prise two 38-B Westinghouse motors and K-11 controllers. April 9, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 557 Christensen and Westinghouse air brakes are used, the latterbeing the standard. The total weight of the car is 29,000 lbs. The Pullman cars mentioned above were originally 25-ft. cars,and have been lengthened to 33 ft. 9 ins., the closed part being10 ft. 6. ins. The vestibules were changed to the standard, andwalkover seats installed, the seating capacity being increased As a means of maintaining a detailed record of every car,Mr. Stephens keeps a file of d
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