The Street railway journal (1902) (14575008368)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo191902newy (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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ose the gates. When open the gates are behind the panels, asshown. Wooden grab handles are provided on the side posts, andthere are also metal grab handles around the seat end panels.The curtains are arranged so that they come completely to thefloor, thus completely closing the car during stormy weather. The length of the car over all is 46 ft. 3 ins., and of the body40 ft. V/2 ins. The seating capacity is 90. The car is suppliedwith two 15-L Walker motors, both on one truck, and two K-13controllers. The motor truck was made by the McGuire Manufac-turing Company, of Chicago, and has a wheel base of 5 ft. 6 ins.,and drivers 33 ins. in diameter. A Wasson truck is used for thetrail truck, with 30-in. wheels. The air brakes are from theChristensen Engineering Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., and inconnection with the air compressor is provided a pneumatic track pany, has spent considerable, of his own time in perfecting details,and has succeeded in producing a car which will undoubtedly prove
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BROOKLYN ELEVATED CAR, WITH STEP UP AND GATES CLOSED of great service to the road during its heavy summer travel. Thecar illustrated will probably be used more or less this summer, butit is, of course, too late in the season to think of adding many ofthis type to the present equipment until next year. ♦♦•» Philadelphia Approves Trilby Rails Philadelphia seems inclined to follow the example of New York,Chicago and several other cities. One hundred and thirty-twopound modified Trilby rails are soon to be laid on Chestnut andWalnut Streets. The Board of Surveyors has been considering thesubject, but inasmuch as the law was not quite clear on the pointwhether authority to act was vested in City Councils, in the De-partment of Public Works, or in the Board of Surveyors, action onthe question of adopting the style proposed by the Union TractionCompany was postponed until the City Solicitor could be heardfrom. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XIX. No. 17. Economy in Steam Plants So much