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Identifier: streetrailwayjo121896newy (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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VIEW OF BARNEY & SMITH CAR COMPANYS WORKS. January, 1896.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 123 Something for Your Consideration. • We control and offer for sale (subject to prior sale) all or part of sixty-two (62) cars situ-ated on tracks at Hegewisch, 111.Excellent shipping facilities. These cars were principally designed for Summer use. They are capable of easy adaptation to Winter use. Information and blue-prints cheerfullyfurnished on request. The cut below shows the motor-car.
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DESCRIPTION OF CARS. Length over all 45 ft. 11^ in. Distance between king pins 32 3^^ Bogie trucks, standard gauge 4 Motor-car wheel base 5 6 Trailer wheel base 5 Weight of car (approximately) 22,000 lbs. Height over all (loaded) 12 ft. in. Griffin Wheel & Foundry Co.s Wheels. Electric light fixtures. Slat seats. Curtains controlled by brakeman; can be let down andraised. They cover entire length and height of car. Seven sections with double rows of seats. Each sectionseats twelve persons—84 in all. Trailers normal capacity, eighty-four ; have carried onehundred passengers. Motor-trucks are heavily reinforced. A peculiar feature of the car is that the gates admit and discharge passengers rapidlyand safely. They are arranged so that one man standing between two cars is able to openand close the gates on both cars without leaving his position. These cars were operated in trains of four at the Columbian Exposition. Three men suf-ficed to handle the train, whereas with the ordinary

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo121896newy
  • 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:1006
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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