The street railway review (1891) (14574525109)

«Standard interurban car»
Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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ey is No. 0000 groovedcopper wire and !•> supported by galvanized steel span wire S-16 in.in diameter, made up with two globe strain insulators on each spanIhe trolley wire is anchored at frequent intervals and is providedwith line breaks §0 that sections may be cut out in case of I rouble.Swilchej connecting with these sections arc located in boxes on\xi\ct convenient to lb- W- •■■ b:irn aiirl battery house, as indi- Steubenville, there is a system of electric block signals. There isalso a telephone system extending the full length of the line withfive fixed stations in Steubenville, and connecting boxes on polesevery quarter of a mile outside of the city. Portable telephone.sets are carried on all interurban cars which may he readily con-nected with these stations. In this way communication may bequickly established with the ham or office to report trouble fromany part of the line and receive instructions. The car equipment includes lliree enclosed inlerurliaii cars each
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STANDARD I NTKRr Illl.VN >\\H. Kolling Stock.41 ft. long, built by the Jackson & Sharp Co.. two having smokingcomparlnieiits and Ihe third a baggage conq)arlnienl at one end.These are each mounted on two Peckham No. 14--.^ trucks withfitur No. 12-A Wcstinghousc motors, one on each axle, and arecrinipped with Christensen air brakes in addition to hand brakes,air whistles, Newark air sanders and Mosher arc head lights. The 96 STREET RAILWAY RENIEVV. (Vol. XIV, No. 2. scats are of the walkover pattern, of rattan, ami each car will ac-commodate 50 persons. The car interiors arc finished in satinoak and are brilliantly lighted by 22 i6-candle power incandescentlights. The open interurban cars, four in number, arc of thesame make but ,1 ft. longer, they also have cross scats and a centeraisle, nnd ,irc cipnblc of sc.iting 56 persons. The trucks, motors,