Identifier: streetrailwayjo291907newy (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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ds soldered, and all seams betweenplates are lapped and soldered. INTERIOR FINISHThe headlining and side panels on the interior of the carare of steel 1/32 in. thick, and all window guides and postcovers are made of steel plates pressed to the requiredshapes. MONOLITH FLOORThe floor is made of monolith cement laid on gal-vanized Keystone iron, which securely holds the cement cushions are made of pressed steel, and the seats are, there-fore, fireproof throughout. VERTICAL HAND RODSA vertical hand rod is located at each of the seat parti-tions; this rod extends from the seat to the ceiling fixturewhich supports the hand strap rod. The vertical hand rodsfurnish convenient supports for standing passengers. SLIDING DOORS Steel sliding doors are provided at the sides of the car and in the vestibuled ends. Each door is supported on a ball-bearing hanger which runs on a track above the door. A piece of rubber hose is attached to the edge of the I032 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXIX. No. 23.
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door to prevent the possibility of pinching the fingers ofpassengers when the door closes. The doors are being furnished by Hale & Kilburn Manu-facturing Company, and the ball-bearing hangers by thePitt Car Gate Company. DOOR-OPERATING MECHANISMThe doors are operated by air cylinders controlled by theguard. The piston has a stroke of about 15 ins., and in or-der to increase the movement to equal the door travel arack and pinion is used. The mechanism is so arrangedthat the door moves up to the end door post, but does notstrike against it. The air cylinders are connected by pipes to air valves,which are located at the ends of the car. The guard opensand closes the doors by operating these air valves. Thisdoor operating mechanism is supplied by the Burdette &Rountree Manufacturing Company. DOOR SIGNALTo prevent the starting of the train before all doors areclosed, it is proposed to provide an electrical signal wirethroughout the train, with a bell or indicating lamp in themotorm

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