. Electric railway journal . ■ /p—- /^--^^j o o o o o o o o o Bottom Plan xJk-^^wSPECIAT^ BOLSTER FOR REMODELED TRUCK able to use the four coiled springs which were pre-viously provided in the original truck to carry the carbody. These springs are 7 in. long and have six turnsof y|-in. wire. The diameter of the coil at the top is Aiin. and at the bottom 5 in. The bolster centers are 25 in. from the center of thesmall wheel axles and 23 in. from the center of the largewheel axles. Twenty-inch and 33-in. wheels are the remodeled truck the motors are outside hungwith nose suspension. The
. Electric railway journal . ■ /p—- /^--^^j o o o o o o o o o Bottom Plan xJk-^^wSPECIAT^ BOLSTER FOR REMODELED TRUCK able to use the four coiled springs which were pre-viously provided in the original truck to carry the carbody. These springs are 7 in. long and have six turnsof y|-in. wire. The diameter of the coil at the top is Aiin. and at the bottom 5 in. The bolster centers are 25 in. from the center of thesmall wheel axles and 23 in. from the center of the largewheel axles. Twenty-inch and 33-in. wheels are the remodeled truck the motors are outside hungwith nose suspension. The motors themselves areWestinghouse No. 68, with a gear ratio of 14 to 68. The car bodies are some that were built by the com-pany some twenty years ago. As remodeled, the totalweight of the body, truck and equipment is 24,500 is seating capacity for forty passengers. Thecontrol on these cars is Westinghouse PK. The total cost of remodeling these trucks has provedto be about $300 per AT LEFT. OLD SIDE-BEARING TRUCK. AT RIGHT, REMODELED TRUCK AS BOLSTER TYPE May 21, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 945 Data of New Interborough Turbine Water Rate of 11 Lb. per Kilowatt-Hour for 30,000-Kw. Turbine Shown byH. B. Reynolds, Research Engineer Interborough Rapid TransitCompany, to Have Been Attained in Test—Facts Contained in A. S. M, E. Paper IN A paper scheduled for presentation at the springmeeting of the American Society of MechanicalEngineers, to be held in Chicago, May 23 to 26,1921, Herbert B. Reynolds, research engineer Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company, New York City, givesinformation regarding the several types of turbinewhich have been installed by that company during thepast dozen years. He also includes the results of tests
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