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Identifier: streetrailwayjo271906newy (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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ial. A novelty in the car is the observation rear end. Therear platform is 9 ft. long, and it is completely enclosed byheavy oval-shaped plate-glass windows. Cozy corners andportable leather seats are provided for this end of the car.The forward compartment has two sliding side doors. Apermanent stool is supplied for the motorman, and he is pro-tected from the baggage by a substantial pipe frame work.In this compartment are placed the hot-water heater, a Bab-cock fire extinguisher, emergency tools and telephone in-struments. The interior finish of the car is rich inlaid mahogany. Thewindows are double, and have leaded art glass in the upperportions. The cars are lighted by clusters of lamps, enclosedin inverted holophane globes. A toilet room is provided inthe rear of the passenger compartment, with a drinkingwater tank recessed in its partition wall. The underframingof the cars is of very substantial and rigid construction, allsills being reinforced with heavy 6-in. I-beams. They are
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SEATING PLAN AND SIDE ELEVATION OF BUFFET CAROPERATED BETWEEN FORT WAYNE AND INDIANAPOLIS REGULAR PASSENGER SECTION OF BUFFET CAR RUNNINGBETWEEN FORT WAYNE AND INDIANAPOLIS The new cars for this service are probably the longest andheaviest interurban cars ever built. They are 62 ft. over alland weigh 45 tons. Two of them, the Kenilworth and thePeru, have just been placed in service, while several othersare under construction by the Cincinnati Car Company. The equipped with Westinghouse No. 85 and No. 121 motors,with the Westinghouse multiple-unit switch control for theoperation in trains of two or more cars, and they are mountedon Baldwin M. C. B. heavy interurban trucks. The motorsare geared for a miximum speed of 60 m. p. li June i6, 1906.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 953 A NEW AUTOMATIC COUNTING BLOCK SIGNAL The United Electric Signal Company, of Providence, R. I.,has just produced a new automatic counting block signal foruse on single-track electric railways, which possesses somevery

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo271906newy
  • 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:443
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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