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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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for 200 trucks for the HavanaCentral Railway Company, Havana, Cuba, of the type illus-trated in the accompanying cut. This truck was designed bythe company for heavy loads especially, and also to meet therequirements of a truck for high-speed interurban service. Itis, in fact, built to carry a load of 50,000 lbs., or a total loadon two trucks of 100,000 lbs. As may be observed by refer-ence to the reproduction, the truck is constructed along theM. C. B. lines. The top frame is of heavy angle bars, wellbraced by extra large gusset plates at the corners of the truckand at the transoms. To the side frames are bolted the cast-steel pedestals, a machine fit being secured between the pedes-tal aiid the frame. The journal boxes, which are of malleableiron, are fitted with oil-tight covers, and arc machined togive a clearance of 1-31 in. on each side of the box between thebox and the pedestal. The truck is so designed that when apair of wheels is to be removed, it is necessary to take off but
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HIGH-SPEED, HEAVY SERVICE TRUCK FOR THE HAVANA CENTRAL RAILWAY two nuts to drop the boxes down out ef the pedestals. Thebolster, which is of the built-up steel type, is supported bylinks, provided with rocker bearings resting on top of thetransom members. These bearings eliminate to a great ex-tent the wear present on the pins in the usual construction.The truck has a wheel base of 6 ft. 3 ins., and is provided with33-in Schoen rolled-steel wheels, mounted on 5)4-in. axles. The company has also shipped from its Paris, 111., shops,400 cars, of difterent types of construction, for this road. May 19, 1906.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 801 SUMMER CARS FOR.FORT SMITH, ARK. A U-GROOVE TROLLEY WHEEL The ten-bench open car shown in the photograph is one ofsix which have recently, been put in operation on the lines ofthe Fort Smith Light & Power Company. The cars werebuilt by the American Car Company, and the order placedthrough H. M. Byllesby & Company, of Chicago, and thecars are similar

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