. The Street railway journal . d on the Baldwin trucks of the78-22 type. The wheel base is 78 ins.; diameter of axles, 5 April 13, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 635 in. at the motor bearings; journals, 414 ins. x 8 ins. and 33- England, for some time. On certain trips of the day National steel-tired wheels. All of the features cai-s are operated in trains and the rest of the day the regular Baldwin type of truck are incorporated, The braking equipment consists of the Westinghouse Traction Companys A. M. air brakes designedfor use in trains of from one tof
. The Street railway journal . d on the Baldwin trucks of the78-22 type. The wheel base is 78 ins.; diameter of axles, 5 April 13, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 635 in. at the motor bearings; journals, 414 ins. x 8 ins. and 33- England, for some time. On certain trips of the day National steel-tired wheels. All of the features cai-s are operated in trains and the rest of the day the regular Baldwin type of truck are incorporated, The braking equipment consists of the Westinghouse Traction Companys A. M. air brakes designedfor use in trains of from one tofive cars. They embody thegraduated release of brake cylin-der pressure and means to sup-plement with straight air releaseif desired, quick recharge of aux-iliary reservoirs and quick ser-\-ice application of the equipment includes a D-2-E G motor-driven air com-pressor, capacity cu. air per minute. Every carST.\NDAKD P:XPRESS CAR ON THE NORWICH & WIuSTERFA RAILWAY jg j^jgQ furnished with one Amer-. among others the top member of theframe is of wrought iron forged solid inone piece; the transoms are of channeliron; the swing bolsters are adjustablefor height and wear; there are doubleequalizer bars and trussed side member of these trucks is designedto withstand strains and stresses with lessthan a factor of safety of five. In spiteof this high factor, the truck, owing tothe careful distribution of weight, iscomparatively light for the load carried,each truck complete weighing only 8000lbs. Both the freight and passenger carsare each equipped with four Westing-house No. 112, 75-hp motors and unitswitch control for train operation. Theequipments are geared to maintain aschedule speed of m. p. h. with stopsevery two miles approximately, thus giv-ing a maximum speed of between 45 and48 m. p. h. on level grades with 500 voltsat the motor terminals. The equipmentshave been making these speeds, which isthe fastest electric schedule in New
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