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Identifier: streetrailwayjo141898newy (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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The Perfect Truck (Brill No. 27). ...PERFECT IN THEORY... Practice Proves theTheory Perfect Zhc Safe (Truck Zhc Eas^ IRibino TCruch XTbe TErucfc for Ibigbest Speebs Zhc Easiest TEruch on tbe IRails IT can take narrow tread, shallow flanged wheels over T-rails at expressspeed year in and year out, without a derailment. The load is con-stantly and uniformly on the wheels, while the irregularities of the: rails bring no strain on the flanges. It carries the car body withease, because track irregularities are not transmitted to it.In a word... It is as Good a Carriage as...it is a Truck... Strong Statements buttbe (Truck BacksGhent lap- 650 in use by 20 Different Rai_llway_Gompanies and none yet off the track. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 281 CJBSjglCKS J. G. BRILL COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, u. s. A.
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The Perfect Truck (Brill No. 27) Adapted to Locomotive Work. Passenger and Locomotive Trucks for the heaviest service. TRUCKS TO CARRY 60,000 POUNDS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ENORMOUS POWER HIGH SPEED T ...f\ Forced Locomotive Frame... HE Truck illustrated on this page had 45-inch wheels and was one of a pair placed under a very heavy passenger coach. The latterwas weighted with iron ballast until the total weight on the wheels was about 98,000 pounds. This was to obtain adhesion.The coach is intended to be used as a locomotive to haul passenger trains at express speed over a line 200 miles long. This Truck rides as easily as though designed for passenger service alone, while it is as powerful as any electricpassenger locomotive. WE BUILD ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES TJZ^^SfZZL which can be used as a construction or freight car, while at the same timeit will handle a number of loaded steam road freight cars. FOR RAILWAYS WE BUILD A LOCOMOTIVE ^TiZXr^--A12 carry a passenger car body as easily as t

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  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:1200
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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