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IN addition to examples of bodywork by this old-established concern there are two trolley-bus models on view. The six-wheeler is shown without coachwork, but the four-wheeler is surmounted by a 48-seater double-saloon body of the exhibitor's manufacture.
In the case of the six-wheeler the design caters for pay-loads up to 65 passengers. Power is provided by an 80 b.h.p. series traction motor with E.T.H. contactor control gear. A special feature of this machine—and this remark applies also to the four-wheeled model— is that the Ransomes-Garrett patent propeller shaft is employed. The service brakes are air-pressure operated and take effect upon all six wheels;. the hand brake works on the bogie wheels.
This larger model has a -wheelbase of 16 ft. 1 in. and a length of 26 ft. 6 ins. Dealing now with the four-wheeled model, this is shown in complete form and is destined to be employed at Chesterfield ; each deck affords ,seating Accommodation for 24 passengers. Despite this generous capacity, the overall length is only 25 ft. 5 ins., whilst the wheelbase is 15 ft. 3 ins. An 80 b.h.p. traction motor drives through a Ranscenes-Garrett propeller shaft to a worm-type rear axle. The contactor control gear is again of B.T.H. manufacture; air pressure is employed to give the necessary assistance in the control of the four-wheel brakes, but the hand brake, which affects only the rear wheels, is manually operated. Ransonses-Garrett patent cam gear is used for all the shoes in the rear-wheel brakes.—Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Ipswich.