Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1906) (14759055984)

Identifier: reportofelectric01loui (find matches)
Title: Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Electric Railway Test Commission Norris, Henry Hutchinson, 1873-1940, ed Swenson, Bernard Victor, 1872- ed
Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York, McGraw
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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FLAT CJ^FLOORFig. 182.—Dstailed Sketch of Safety-Locking Device. render it as light as possible, and to provide the necessary roominside the car body, it was not lined, and all unnecessary partswere omitted. The body was 32 ft. in length over corner posts,8 ft. 4 in. in width outside, and the height from the bottom ofthe side sills to the top of the roof was 9 ft. 4 in. A sketchof the cross-section is shown in Fig. 183. The body was mounted upon eight 12-inch wheels speciallychilled for the purpose by the American Car & Foundry Com- 510 ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST COMMISSION pany. They were pressed upon four Sy^-inch steel axles, 9 ft.in length. Fig. 183A shows a general sketch of the wheels andaxle. The treads of these wheels were ground, after they were in
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Fig. 183. — Cross Section of Car Body of Louisiara. Tliis Slietch Also Shows the GeneralDimensions of the Flat Movable Vestibule.