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Identifier: electricrailway571921newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ely 13 lb. per ft. and are reinforced with gussets atthe corners and at all intersections with cross members. rear springs are 56 in. in length and have sixteenleaves. The front axle is an I-beam section and carries 50per cent of the weight of the bus. The rear end is astandard 5-ton Sheldon worm-gear drive which is con-nected directly by universal joints to the propeller shaft. Cushion wheels of the Mead type, built by the Amer-ican Cushion Wheel Company, are used exclusively. Onthese wheels are mounted 36 in. x 6 in. Kelly-Spring-field solid rubber tires of the caterpillar type. Muchhas yet to be learned as to the type of tire best suitedfor trackless trolley operation, and by no means can itbe said that anv one type is to be used until experimentsof sufficient duration have been made in actual serviceto prove durability and minimum cost per mile. Thetrack tread of the tires as mounted on the wheels is58 in. measured center to center. This is 2 in. widerthan the standard track gage.
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THE EXIKKI.\IEXTAI> KUTTE IS AEUNG FLOYD AVENUE THKOlfJH THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT—THE BUS. WITHITS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS, WILL SOON BE A FAMILIAR PICTURE The distance between the side members is 34 in., whichprovides ample room for hanging the motor in between.To the frame is also directly attached the body, whichis constructed of steel uprights on 26l-m. centers androlled steel car lines that give an arched roof effectvery much similar to that of a limousine body. Thebody is paneled below the window sills with i in. Steela-sote and the roof material is Three Star Agasote. With the body so mounted a semi-flexibility is ob-tained that is not found in general street car practice,where bodies are built rigidly with side sills andmounted on rigid trucks. The semi-rigid body andframe are supported on half-elliptical springs mounteddirectly on top of the axles, using the standard Atlastruck method of suspension. The front springs are 50in. long and 3 in. wide with twelve leaves, while the

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  • bookleafnumber:1182
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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