Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1906) (14735586966)

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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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f platforms inside of dasli . 5 feet 0 inches. Height of car floor from rails ... 2 feet 11 inches. Height of car roof from rails ... 11 feet 10; inches. Width over all 8 feet 8f inches. Weight of car body 9,600 pounds. Weight of truck 6,500 pounds. Weight of two motors 6,000 pounds. Weight of general equipment . . . 2,565 pounds. Weight of car complete 24,665 pounds. Wheel base of truck 7 feet. Diameter of wheels 33 inches. Number of motors 2 Horse-power rating of each ... 55 Seating capacity 32 ■ Capacity (crowded) 60 The electrical equipment consists of two No. 56 motors andtwo Type B 23 controllers. The braking equipment was sup-plemented by the standard hand brake apparatus of the St.Louis Car Company. This car was exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition jointly bythe St. Louis Car Company and by the AVestinghouse companies,the principal features for exhibition from the standpoint of theWestinghouse companies being the magnetic brake equipment. 38 ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST COMMISSION

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SERVICE TESTS OF ELECTRIC CARS 39 The Car Body. The car body is one of the standard 21 foot semi-convertibletype of the St. Louis Car Company. Fig. 4 shows the generaldetail features of the car. The side sills are in two parts of yellow pine, the outer sills2^ inches by 7 inches and the inner sills 5f inches by 7 inches.The inside side sills are made in two parts with a 7-inch Ibeam securely bolted between them. All posts and rails areof white oak. The corner posts are 3f inches by 6 inches, andthe side posts are 2J inches. The platform sills are of 2;-inch white oak, and the middlesills are plated with steel plate ^-inch by 5 inches. The bimipersare 2;-inch white oak faced with ^-inch by 5-inch steel plates.The platforms are constructed with entrances on both sides.Each end is equipped with a permanent vestibule with doublefolding doors on each side. The steps are malleable iron hangerwith wood tread covered with safety treads. The hand brakeconsists of l;-inch brake staffs of Norway

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