. The Street railway journal . gedas shown in the illustration, so thathalf of the long seats are on one sideand half on the other. The trolleypole base is placed in the center of theroof. The trucks used on these carsare the Brill 21-E type, having awheel base of 6 ft. 6 ins. These truckshave a solid wrought-iron forgedframe, and are equipped with two mo-tors, wheel brakes and Brill trackbrake. The .platforms are closed onone side. Two Dedenda gongs, withi2-in. bells, and two electric headlightsare placed on each car. In shippingthese cars to England, the top seatsand platforms were packed in
. The Street railway journal . gedas shown in the illustration, so thathalf of the long seats are on one sideand half on the other. The trolleypole base is placed in the center of theroof. The trucks used on these carsare the Brill 21-E type, having awheel base of 6 ft. 6 ins. These truckshave a solid wrought-iron forgedframe, and are equipped with two mo-tors, wheel brakes and Brill trackbrake. The .platforms are closed onone side. Two Dedenda gongs, withi2-in. bells, and two electric headlightsare placed on each car. In shippingthese cars to England, the top seatsand platforms were packed inside ofthe body, and the trucks packed separ-ately. The United Power & TransportationCompany has recently purchased fromthis company a number of cars for theOley Valley Railway, near Reading,Pa., which have many features of spe-cial interest, and which are also important as showing the generaldirection of progress in street railway car construction. The accom-panying engravings show the exterior of a combined passenger and. LONG, TWO-COMPARTMENT CAR FOR OLEY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY with the type of double-deck car shown in the illustration. Thiscar was limited in width by the local conditions to 6 ft. The totalwidth at the sills is 5 ft. 5^ ins., and at the belt rail 5 ft. Q% ins. smoking car, and give an interior showing the arrangement ofseats, curtains, head linings, etc. These cars are 40 ft. long overthe end panels and 49 ft. over all. The platforms, each 4^ ft. long, November 2, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. are completely enclosed by vestibules. The roof is of the steam-car form, but built on street-car lines of construction. The sidesheathing is vertical. The cars are 8 ft. 6 ins. wide, and aremounted on No. 27 trucks, with 6-ft. wheel base, the wheels being33 ins. in diameter and having 25<^-in. tread and Ji-ni. flange. The
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