The street railway review (1891) (14574963960)

«Combination motor and trailer car of the Northwestern Elevated R. R.» (photo caption)
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



Text Appearing Before Image:
NEW CARS FOR THE NORTHWESTERN ELEVATED RAILROAD CO. rii The accompanying Illustration shows the construction of a newcar, 35 of which are just being put in service by the NorthwesternElevated Railroad Co., o( Chicago, and which is known as the channels. The intermcfllate sills and the bottom of the side sillsare filled with spruce packing blociis bolted down at frequentintervals for the purpose of providing suitable nailing strips for
Text Appearing After Image:
CCMBINATION MOTOR AND TRAILER CAR OF NORTHWESTERN ELEVATED R. R. combined motor and trailer car. This company has adopted thetype M multiple unit system of motor control and to give greaterflexibility in arranging the train service, it was desired to have acar that could be used in any position In a train. The design of the car involves a number of new and interestingfeatures. The underframes are of steel and were built by thePressed Steel Car Co., of Pittsburg, and after assembling wereshipped to the St. Louis Car Co., of St. Louis, which built the car