Electric railway journal (1913) (14738893296)

Identifier: electricrailway421913newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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high-speed service. In its interior fit- glazed upper panels. The side windows are double and arelitted with Edwards fixtures and balanced sash. For thesewindows the best French plate was selected, while the archsection was fitted with an opalescent copper-ribbed glasswhich matches the lighting fixtures. The inner opalescentsash is movable to permit the cleaning of all sashes. Unlike the first car, this one is built without platforms.End doors are provided on both sides, one for the plat-form men and one for the passengers. . The former typeof door leads directly into a fully inclosed cab and the lat-ter into one of the two duplicate seating compartments.The motorman enters the cab by the use of a strap-ironstep and grab-handles. A feature of the latter is their out-ward curving at intervals to form steps to the roof and theaccompanying use of metal strap facing at such steps toprotect the varnished woodwork from foot scratches.Parallel to the entrance door is another of swinging type
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Public Service Private Car—General Exterior View tings it bears evidence of the great improvements whichhave been made in later years in car ventilation, heatingand lighting. GENERAL DIMENSIONS AND CONSTRUCTION The new car is 44 ft. over all. Preliminary surveysshowed that this length was the maximum for a car thatwould be capable of traveling over every part of the stand-ard-gage divisions. But roominess has been secured byusing a width of 8 ft. 2 in. over all. The height from railto roof is 11 ft. 10J2 in. The underframe is composed ofcommercial steel sections, covered by two floors of yellowpine with an intermediate noise-deadening layer of )^-in.felt. Built-up steel bolsters are used. The superstructureof the car comprises wooden posts, steel-plated carlines and3/16-in. plate up to the window sills. The arch roof wasput on as a single piece of duck with no holes except forthe small openings through which the wires from thetrolley bases are led. Copper flashing is provider! at th