. Electric railway review . g of the tubes discharging into the steam space ofthe boiler. February 8, 1908. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 171 ELEVATED CARS FOR THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSITCOMPANY. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is now placing inservice at the rate of one car a day the first consignment ofthe 100 elevated cars, orders for which were placed l, L907, with the Jewett Car Company and the Company, each building 50. The cars are of the double-end, straight side, semi-con- The motor trucks were built by the American LocomotiveCompany and have a wheel base of 6 feet
. Electric railway review . g of the tubes discharging into the steam space ofthe boiler. February 8, 1908. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 171 ELEVATED CARS FOR THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSITCOMPANY. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is now placing inservice at the rate of one car a day the first consignment ofthe 100 elevated cars, orders for which were placed l, L907, with the Jewett Car Company and the Company, each building 50. The cars are of the double-end, straight side, semi-con- The motor trucks were built by the American LocomotiveCompany and have a wheel base of 6 feet 8 inches and 34-inchSchoen rolled steel wheels. Each truck, including contactshoes and gears, weighs 12,700 pounds. The trailer truckshave a wheel base of 5 feet 6 inches and 31-inch Schoen rolledsteel wheels and weigh complete with contact shoes 9,200pounds. The trailer trucks were built by the St. Louis CarCompany from designs furnished by the Brooklyn Rapid Tran-sit Company. Each set of motor trucks is equipped with two. New Elevated Cars for Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company—Side View of Standard Car. vertible type which is standard on this road and are designedto meet their particular service and traffic conditions. Theunderframes are of pressed steel and the side frames are ofwood, reinforced with steel channels and plates. general dimensions of the cars are as follows: Length over platform 48 ft. 11 in. Length over end sheathing 40 ft. 5 in. Length between centers of trucks 33 ft. 2 in. Westinghouse type 300, 200-horsepower motors, geared to theratio of 19 to 64, and operated by Westinghouse controllersof the 251-1-3 U. S. G. type. The brake equipment includes aNew York air brake with 12-inch cylindei style S, triplevalve and a 2S-inch cubic foot B-B-4 National compressor, con-trolled by a Westinghouse type L governor. The air brakesystem is automatic, with graduated release on the first carof the train only. The motors on these cars are of the interpole t
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