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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
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with a condulet outlet in the take screen in the side of the car, so that when the doorsare left slightly open in cold weather the danger of in-jury to perishable goods placed near the doors will beeliminated. All switches are placed inside the vestibulesand nothing is left inside the car which will in any wayoccupy freight-carrying space. The heating grills near thedoors are 4 in. high x 30 in. long. The motors are inside-hung with leads hung by leather straps from springs at-tached to the underframe, and the trucks were designedby the Baldwin Locomotive Works for 30,000 lb. king-pinload. It is probable, however, that a lighter truck builtalong the lines of the railway companys Bay State 12truck, which was described in the Electric RailwayJournal of Oct. 5, 1912, will ultimately be applied to thisservice, since the superintendent of equipment is of theopinion that the trucks can be lightened materially withthe same factor of safety if the latter design is adaptedto the express cars.
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Bay State Express Car—Coupled for Multiple-Unit Train Operation middle of the central conduit which provides a suitableopening without danger of chafing. Each interior lampis protected against injury by two %-in. x 1/16-in. metalstraps 12 in. long placed around the bulb just above thelamp base. The conduits are installed 7 in. apart on cen- The fender is the companys own design and whenhinged up extends over a spring-cushioned bumper, so thatit is free to swing when the car is coupled with others.The bumper is illustrated in the accompanying drawing andcombines also in its construction anti-climber and draw- 494 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XLII, No. 13. head features which are the basis of patent applicationsnow pending. This arrangement minimizes the weight andworks out very satisfactorily in practice. The vestibules are unusually convenient in arrangement.The arc headlight switch is located within 15 in. of theairbrake handle and diagonally above the latter, a conduc-tors valve

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