The Street railway journal (1902) (14574661590)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ing in the car houses, the question ariseswhether any great amount of longitudinal strength isteally necessary. Cars of this class appear to stand well 548 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XX. No. 14. t in service, and, as their repairs are not materially differentfrom those of other types, the only argument for or againstthem will have to be drawn from cases of accident. Thecondition of a car in case of derailment at high-speed willbe the only argument for or against the design which willhave any value. Certainly the saving of dead weight whichis effected is one worth the most serious consideration of The vestibules are what are sometimes called octagonal.The arrangement of these cars is unusual for the purpose,consisting of a single compartment having longitudinalseats. This, of course, gives a great standing capacity forgiven size. The plans are drawn in great detail, and thepractical man will find them worth study. The featureswhich deserve most attention are found in the plan of the
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FIG. 29.—TRAIN OF CARS FOR THE AURORA, ELGIN & CHICAGO RAILWAY railway men. In Fig. 27 a detail of the side framing andposts of these cars is given. From this it will be seen that theunusually large windows are easily disposed of in thepocket, which is closed by the usual window caps. One ofthe trivial details, often a matter of comfort to the wearypassenger which may be here mentioned, is the roundingof the interior mouldings. flooring and in the cross-section. The sills are plated withangle-iron, the bottom of the iron coming underneath thesills. Wrought-iron brackets are introduced at numerousplaces in the frame, greatly stiffening the joints. Theend-sill is plated apparently on both sides, and the unusualfeature of a second sill just behind the end-sill is introduced.There are but four continuous sills. The wood center sills