. The street railway review . -signed and built by the Wasoncompany and in them and theturnout are emliodied the mostinteresting mechanical featuresof the installation. The linedrawing shows three views ofthe truck, which is symmetric-al about the centre line exceptthat the motor at each end ishung in front of the axle, andthere is no cable attached atthe rear end. The total lengthof the truck is 35 ft. 6 in. andthe width from centre to cen-tre of the truck sides 6 ft. 2 in. The truck sides are 22 with 6-in. channels at the top and 4-in. channels at thebottom. The wheel base is 20 ft.
. The street railway review . -signed and built by the Wasoncompany and in them and theturnout are emliodied the mostinteresting mechanical featuresof the installation. The linedrawing shows three views ofthe truck, which is symmetric-al about the centre line exceptthat the motor at each end ishung in front of the axle, andthere is no cable attached atthe rear end. The total lengthof the truck is 35 ft. 6 in. andthe width from centre to cen-tre of the truck sides 6 ft. 2 in. The truck sides are 22 with 6-in. channels at the top and 4-in. channels at thebottom. The wheel base is 20 ft. measured horizontally,and with a vertical distance between wheel centers of 33 the tops of the spring planks are horizontal. Thisslope of the truck is P^ cent, the average grade ofthe line. The four wheels are 33 in. in diameter, and thoseon the inner side (the side toward the other car when pass-ing) have an exceptionally wide tread, 6 in. The object ofthis will be seen on examining the view of the turnout; the. .i^ MT. TOM PAVILION ON THE SUMMIT—I,2l8 FEKT ABOVE SEALEVEL. cars instead of one car and a dummy. The two cars areattached to the ends of a cable, and the necessary powerapplied by the motors on the ascending car. The cable is
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