The Street railway journal (1902) (14574590669)

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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fifty trailers have eighteen seats, and there is stand-ing room for nine persons. As the cars are only permittedby law to be 2 m wide, it is impossible to provide threeseats across the car, with a longitudinal aisle. The seatingarrangement thus provided is not an ideal one, especiallyduring the rush hours; nevertheless these cars are likedbetter than those having longitudinal seats. All cars are The Union E. G. (G. E.) controllers are used through-out, but recently controllers designed by the companysengineers have been built. They have six operating andsix braking steps. The last braking point furnishes thecurrent direct from the trolley wire for emergency pur-poses. Contrary to German custom, the short-circuit andmagnetic brake, operated by means of the controller, areemployed simultaneously with the hand brake, for operat-ing purposes. On most roads they are only employed incases of emergency, because of the consequent wear andstrain on the gearing. The motormen have instructions,
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TRACK CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE H made at the companys own works at Hamburg-Falken-ried, and the companys long and varied experience incar building is of great value to it. Its works are the larg-est of their kind on the continent. During the last fewyears over 500 cars were turned out for other companies. As will be seen in one of the engravings, the single-truck cars are supported by spiral springs, which insuresmooth running, but have the disadvantage that theirelasticity weakens in time, and that they have to be re-placed frequently. The cars taken over from the Tram-way Company have elliptic springs. The wheelbase of thesingle-truck cars is 1.7 m; that of the trailers 1.53 m. Thewheel diameter of the motor cars is 780 mm; that of thetrailers 760 mm. The double-truck wheelbase is 1.3 and1.5 m, and it has been found that the 1.3 m trucks derailmuch more frequently than the 1.5 m trucks, probably be-cause the wheelbase is smaller than the gage. IBURG HARBOR SIGNALING STATION however, to