. American engineer and railroad journal . ly on steam roads. Cars for suburban serviceon these roads are increasing in weight to an extent which inone extreme case requires a locomotive with 140,000 lbs. onthe driving wheels for a train of six or seven coaches. Thesecoaches hav< six-wheel trucks and weigh not less than each, not far from half the weight being in the trucks. facts we raise the question whether this is not the better lineof development of the two. It is apparent that electric roadshave met the ideas of the public in suburban transporta-tion methods better than the
. American engineer and railroad journal . ly on steam roads. Cars for suburban serviceon these roads are increasing in weight to an extent which inone extreme case requires a locomotive with 140,000 lbs. onthe driving wheels for a train of six or seven coaches. Thesecoaches hav< six-wheel trucks and weigh not less than each, not far from half the weight being in the trucks. facts we raise the question whether this is not the better lineof development of the two. It is apparent that electric roadshave met the ideas of the public in suburban transporta-tion methods better than the steam roads, and this is notalone due to the favorable character of the power. In fact,in order to compete with parallel electric lines, steam roadsneed to take several leaves out of the electric book. In this connection two types of cars recently built by theJ. G. Brill Company, of Philadelphia, are interesting. Thefirst is a 34-ft. car for the Utica Belt Line. This car is 34ft. 4 ins. long by S ft. wide, with platforms 4 ft. SA ins. in. Lare fclectric Car for Utica Belt Line-J. C. Brill Co.
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