Identifier: streetrailwayj271906newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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of car, but mounted on No. 27-G short base, double trucks, wasfurnished to Oporto. Heretofore both open and closed cars have been used, butthe climatic conditions of Lisbon make the semi-convertibletype especially desirable, for the winters are mild, with manywarm days, and during the summer the evenings are always tent which would otherwise make it impracticable to use atransverse seating arrangement. The gain of 7J/2 ins. in theinterior width, because of having the sashes stored in pocketsin the side roof when not in use instead of in the side walls,enables a 35-in. seat to be used, leaving the aisle 17 ins. wide.The s,eats are of the step-over type, and were manufactured by
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SEATING PLAN AND GENERAL DIMENSIONS OF CARS FOR NARROW-GAGE TRACK IN LISBON, PORTUGAL cool. In the Street Railway Journal of March 2, 1901, ageneral description of the railway system, with maps, diagramsand half-tone views, was published. It was said in this inter-esting article that the street car lines were first operated in1873. Most of the cars, which were drawn by mules, werebuilt by the John Stephenson Company, and many of them arestill in service. The type of vehicle which had previously been the Brill Company. The interior finish consists of cherry inthe natural color, and the ceilings are of decorated birchveneer. The usual form of bottom framing is used, which in-cludes 4-in. x 7?4-in. side sills, 12-in. x J-^-in. sill plates and5j4-in. x 6%-in. end sills. Two 4-in. x 3-in. x V^-in. angleirons support the platforms at their centers. These angle ironsextend 4 ft. 4 ins. back of the centers of the body bolsters. The i58 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXVII. No. 4. general dimen

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