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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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Text Appearing Before Image: letics. .\s many as 38,000 people have beenhandled on holidays wilhout accident, showing the great capa«ityof the park line to handle tralVic. Rolling Stock.The interurhan rolling stock comprises 40 douhlc truck cars with4-mofor equipments. Fifteen of the double truck cars arc of theNarragansett type open car. .•md seating yo persons. The closeddouble truck cars have a 44-fl. Stephenson body mounted on BrillNo. 27-E trucks and are etpiipped with 4 Westinghouse No. 56motors. K-I4 controllers, double trolleys and Moshcr arc head-lights; 14 have Wcsiiiighouse magnetic traction brakes and 11 Six line anfl freight ears cquippel with Westinghouse No. 56motors, 6 flat cars and d side dump cars comprise the rolling stockdevoted to roadway and line maintenance. There arc also i Rugglcsrotary plow, 3 Mcfinire-fnnnnings sweepers and I sand and saltcar for snow fighting. The main shops are localed at New Haven aufl are fitted withlatest improved machinery afTording facilities for all manner of

Text Appearing After Image: LINK A.Nll TK.M K (O.NSTHLCTH N i .S I.HiKKi.Nt I.I.Sh- repair work and also for the building of new cars several of whichhave been turned out the past year. The New llavcn shops consistof three separate buildings which are of brick with Kinnear rollingsteel doors, wdndows are deep and furnish plenty of light for in-spection. The shop tools include one each of the following: New Havenlathe, Schumacher & I5oyc lathe, 18 in. x 12 ft.; Gardner air com-pressor, gang radial drill with 36-in. arm., Jarecki pipe machine,Olmstcad power hack saw, Yankee tool grinder, Schaflfer 150-tonwheel press, friction drill, shaper, shears, Franklin portable hoist,Barrett motor lift. 40.oco-lb. hydraulic car lift, jib crane with 15-ft.

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