. The street railway review . nd also hashand brake rigging. In the upper deck, directly above the enginecylinders, are two heavy hinged trap doors through which thecylinder heads and pistons may be readily removed. Ihc trapdoors may also be used in fair weather as a means of ventilatingthe car. The gasoline supply is carried underneath the car in aheavy galvanized iron tank of 125 gallons capacity. Ihe gasolineis fed to the engine by a small reciprocating pump; the supply isalways greater than that required by the engine, and the excessflows back to the reservoir. In this car, two methods for
. The street railway review . nd also hashand brake rigging. In the upper deck, directly above the enginecylinders, are two heavy hinged trap doors through which thecylinder heads and pistons may be readily removed. Ihc trapdoors may also be used in fair weather as a means of ventilatingthe car. The gasoline supply is carried underneath the car in aheavy galvanized iron tank of 125 gallons capacity. Ihe gasolineis fed to the engine by a small reciprocating pump; the supply isalways greater than that required by the engine, and the excessflows back to the reservoir. In this car, two methods for starting have been provided, eitherof which may be used independent of the other. The first method. third of the floor space of the car and in the aggregate weighs al)outa5 tons. The weights are: Gas engine, lb.; generator. 3,00011).: storage batteries. lb.; motors, lb.: body and ) lb.; gasoline tank full. 2,000 lb.; jacket water and tank, 11).; miscellaneous, 4,000 lb.; total, 86,850 ^ INTERIOR OF CAR. and the one which will no doubt be more generally used, is that ofdriving the generator as a motor for the storage battery until thegasoline is working normally through the engine. The field leadsfrom the generator, instead of being run directly to the field rheo-stat, are led through an intermediate switch upon the board, bythrowing which the field of the generator may be connected withthe storage battery and fully excited. Then by means of a singlepole. four-poijU switch, connected with a series of resistances, cur-rent may be gradually introduced to the armature when the gener-ator will start as a motor. As soon as the engine takes hold of theload, it is only necessary to throw the field current back under thecontrol of the rheostat. The second method is that of driving the engine liy cciuipressedair until gasoline works normally through the engine. An aircompressor is belted to a pulley on the engine shaft. This com-pressor has a ca
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