. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—STEAM MOTOR—GOVERNMENT TRAMWAYS, NEW SOUTH WALES. allowed in the cars, as a trial in this direction some timeago gave unsatisfactory results. No covering is providedfor the seats, the interior being wood finish the stock is fitted with the Eames vacuum brake. Thecar wheels are cast steel, and were supplied by Hadfield,of Sheffield. They are twenty-four inches in diameter,and give an average life of 26,000 miles, which, consider-ing the heavy brake work encountered, is good motor wheels have Vickers tires, which give an aver-age
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—STEAM MOTOR—GOVERNMENT TRAMWAYS, NEW SOUTH WALES. allowed in the cars, as a trial in this direction some timeago gave unsatisfactory results. No covering is providedfor the seats, the interior being wood finish the stock is fitted with the Eames vacuum brake. Thecar wheels are cast steel, and were supplied by Hadfield,of Sheffield. They are twenty-four inches in diameter,and give an average life of 26,000 miles, which, consider-ing the heavy brake work encountered, is good motor wheels have Vickers tires, which give an aver-age life of 43,661 miles and 1,712 miles per one-sixteenthinch of wear to first turning. The average number ofmotors in daily use is sixty-seven, and the corresponding4% ins., number of cars 160. On special occasions, such as public. FIG, 3.—CABLE TRAIL CAR—GOVERNMENT TRAMWAYS, NEW SOUTH WALES. holidays, the whole of the stock, with the exception ofabout 3 per cent, of the motors and 2^4 per cent, of thecars, is available for traffic. Tram Service, etc.—The cars are run in trains of one,two, three and four cars to the motor. The requirementsof the various suburbs are met by a carefully preparedtime table. The average speed, including stoppages, isabout nine and a half miles per hour. The total enginemileage per motor per annum is 18,650, or per motorcontinuously in steam, 29,883 miles. The fuel used is gascoke, delivered on the tramway premises at a total costof i2j\ 3d. ($) per ton of 2,240 lbs. The average con-sumption of fuel per train mile is twenty-five pounds. 88 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 2. The principal lubricant is castor oil, obtained at a cost ofjust under 2s. (48 cents) per gallon. With the exception of three small sections worked bya motor and car each, all of the cars are run
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