The Street railway journal (1902) (14575009120)

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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s, and ice coolers. In-terior finish is cherry, and the floors are dead-ened by a layer of sawdust. Hale & Kilburnwalk-over seats, Christensen air brakes, air Sand-ers and air brakes and Providence fenders areused, and the cars are heated by the Peter Smithhot-water system. Power equipment consists offour 50-hp motors, about equally divided be-tween Steel, Westinghouse and General Elec-tric, which are mounted on Peckham 14-Xhigh-speed trucks. The freight cars are fitted with M. C. B.couplers, Westinghouse air brakes operated bya compressor located on the locomotive, andthey have standard steam flanges and tread.These cars were built by the American Car& Foundry Company. The freight businessof the road has increased to such an extent thatorders have been placed which will practicallydouble the present equipment. The electric locomotives which have been motors; the former handles four cars, and the latter seven. Thesecars, or locomotives, are not heavy enough to take care of the
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