Electric railway journal (1920) (14760900202)

Identifier: electricrailway551920newy (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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There are two different make-ups used for theBrooklyn train service. The first consists of the twocenter-entrance motor cars just referred to and thesecond a motor car with trailer. The motor cars usedto haul the trailers are of the convertible type. Theywere purchased in 1905 and were described in theElectric Railway Journal of March 11, 1905. Thesecars weigh 25i tons, seat forty-eight passengersand have four 40-hp. motors each. At the time theywere purchased it was considered the best practice tobuy large heavy cars with an excess of motor capacity.These cars have been in almost constant use since theirpurchase, in the most severe of Brooklyns serviceoften being operated twenty-four hours a day for longperiods. The maintenance costs have been very low
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