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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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eighloo lbs. per yard. The line connects with the Metropolitan Elevated, of Chicago, atWest S^d St., where there is an incline leading to the elevatedstructure, and thence west to Wheaton the distance is about 18miles; at Wheaton the road forks, one branch extending north-westerly to Elgin, a distance of 14 miles, the other running south this combination being to give a double factor of safety, as thediamond frame alone is sufficiently strong to carry the weight ofthe car without the aid of the equalizing bars, which are arrangedin pairs. one each side of the pedestals. To prevent the tilting ofthe top frames, an objectionable feature in the Standard Master CarBuilders steam railway trucks, the spring base of the truck is in-creased by locating helical springs each side of the journal boxesand supported from them by -addles. These pedestal springs carrya sufficient portion of the load to prevent the tilting of the topframe-, the greater pari of the load being carried by the equalizing
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FIG. : M. C. 11. NO. 30 TRUCK 1or AURORA. ELGIN .v CHICAGO. westerly to Aurora, about 12 miles; there is also a 5 mile branch toBatavia. The right of way is fenced except at highway crossings,and at these points the conductor rail is broken, the sections beingconnected by underground cables. It is thus apparent that the physical condition- are such as topermit high speed, and the plans contemplate a schedule of 40 milesper hour, including -tops, with a maximum of 65 miles per hour.It is understood that soon after the opening of the line experimentswill be made at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. bar springs. The side and end portions of the top frame are all inone piece, a forging, which insures the trucks always remainingsquare. The transoms are bulb angles 10 in. deep, which extendfull size with the side truss frame to which they are very rigidlysecured Gu teel connect the transoms to the side frames hold the frames rigid and Peckham- patent -wing bolster i- u-iil 111 this truck. Ii

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