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Identifier: streetrailwayjou1188newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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NO. 8. A Model Car. The car here illustrated * is the onewhich took four first-class medals aud auhonorable mention at the New Orleans Ex-position. The awards were for the followingf eatvires : (1.) For the cab as a combination of ex- Honorable mention was made of thebrake, affording the driver special facilityfor stopping the car. The Super spring system of running gear,which is an essential element in the make upof this car, received the first premium forstreet car running gear at the ChicagoExposition. light? Where is the grip or traction tocome from? That was the trouble with theearly locomotives of Stephenson and others;they had not weight enough to get anygrip on the rads. The tractive power of asteam or compressed air dummy dependsuXDon the piston area and stroke, the averagesteam pressure in the cylinders, and the
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cellencies with elegance of finish. Firstclass medal. (2.) On the system of ventilation. Everywindow in the car, including end cornersand doors, has glass sashes letting down tothe belt rail, affording free sweep of air inevery direction ; and the roof is ceiled withperforated panels having a moveable airspace between the ceiling and roof, withexit at the verges for the warm or fold air,which passes off without objectionablecurrents. First class medal. (3.) Sashes made with metal channel barstiles, filled with a core of rubber having aslot or groove for holding the glass quiet.The stiles are of such small dimensions as toleave the field of vision nearly unob-structed. First class medal. (4.) Passengers telephone, by which seat-ed passengers can signal the Conductor, atwhatever part of the car he may be. Firstclass medal. The Stephenson Company, New York. A MODEL TEAM CAB. Is there a Satisfactory Light Motor forStreet Railways 1 The president of a Southern street radwaycompany having s

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjou1188newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:170
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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