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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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e company has built two tower carsof the type illustrated in Fig. 21. These cars are 18 ft.long, and are mounted on single trucks equipped withtwo Lorain motors and K-10 controllers. The tower isof the ordinary construction. Ladders are carried atthe sides of the car as shown. Fig. 22 shows how thiscar is used in stringing live trolley wire, the reel beingmounted on a flat car that is pushed ahead of the towercar. Fig. 19 shows a 19-ft. narrow-gage motor car thatwas originally designed as a wrecker, but is now used inthe yards for switching purposes. The company hasalso five maintenance of way or construction cars, 31 ft.6 ins. long, with four No. 38-B motors and K-14 con-trollers. A small cab is placed in the center, and therest of the car is used for carrying track and construc-tion material, some rails always being left on the carto serve as ballast. Other rolling stock includes a paycar, a material car, an oil car and thirty-three flat carsof 10 tons, 15 tons and 30 tons capacity.
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March 12, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 403 TRUCKS About 100 of the 150 or more cars owned by the railway aremounted on trucks designed and built by the company, andknown as P. E. trucks. The other cars use St. Louis swing-bolster trucks. The P. E. truck, Fig. 23, has been graduallydeveloped during the existence of the company, the chief fea-tures of the design sought being simplicity and durability. Ithas a rigid bolster and a flat-iron bolted truss frame with noribs. The bolster is riveted to the top plate. For the bolsteri-in. x 6-in. forged iron is used, and for the side frame i-in. x4-in. iron. The details of construction may be noticed in Fig. off it lowers itself instantly and automatically to a safe positionbelow any spans. When it is desired to replace the trolley theconductor throws a three-way valve and the pole goes up witha very light pressure and assumes its normal pressure whenthe valve is thrown back. It has been demonstrated that thecost of operating the pneumatic tr

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