. The Street railway journal . sting construction car, intended fOr use with Wcstinghousesingle-phase motors. This locomotive, or car, is powerfully con-structed, is capable of draw-ing heavy loads, and also hasa large carrying road is now in processof construction, antl the newcar will be found exceed-ingly useful at this time. The sill plates extend thefull length of the sills, andfour undertrusses havequeen posts set under heavyneedle beams. The motor-mans cab in the center is4 ft. 4 ins. X 3 ft. 10 ins.,and has a single swing-door. Channel-iron draw-bars, pilot on each end ofc
. The Street railway journal . sting construction car, intended fOr use with Wcstinghousesingle-phase motors. This locomotive, or car, is powerfully con-structed, is capable of draw-ing heavy loads, and also hasa large carrying road is now in processof construction, antl the newcar will be found exceed-ingly useful at this time. The sill plates extend thefull length of the sills, andfour undertrusses havequeen posts set under heavyneedle beams. The motor-mans cab in the center is4 ft. 4 ins. X 3 ft. 10 ins.,and has a single swing-door. Channel-iron draw-bars, pilot on each end ofcar and Dedenda gong,eluded in the equipment,sills, and the width over si and ends is counteracted by undertrusses and low inside trucks are of the Brill No. 27-E style, with a 4-ft. wheelbase and 33-in. wheels. The equipment includes Brill angle-iron bumpers, Dedenda gongs, channel-iron draw-bars, ver-tical bronze brake wheels, track scrapers and steps, and theAmerican Car Companys sand boxes and Minneapolis SINGLE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVE AND CONSTRUCTION CAR TO BE USED BY THE VALLEJO,BENECIA & NAPA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY of Brill manufacture, are in-Thc car is ,40 ft. over the endIs, including plates, is 8 ft. 10 side sills are 5^/2 ins. x 7-^4 ins., and the end sills are 53^ins. X ins. The sill plates are 8 ins. x ^ in. The trucksare the companys No. 23-B type of M. C. B. truck, having awheel base of 6 ft. 4 ins. and 33-in. wheels. The length over the end panels is 30 ft. 8 ins., and over thecrown pieces, 40 ft. i in.; from the panel o\it the crown, 4 ft. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR SPOKANE, WASH. The Spokane Traction Company, Washington, has quite re-cently received eight semi-convertible cars built by the Ameri-can Car Company. The regular winter equipment of theSpokane Traction Company is about thirty cars, but a numberof extras are placed on the lines in summer. The falls of theSpokane River furnish the power for the cars as well as forthe industries of
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