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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ary to specify the type of sus-pension with which they are to be used. The form G clampingear is, perhaps, the simplest on the market, consisting of twolight but strong pieces, with jaws which grip the trolley wire, andare held together by the stout screws. No change has been madein the turn-buckles, strain insulators or splicing sleeves, the pres-ent forms having proved satisfactory in every respect. September, 1898.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 575 Electric Locomotive for Switching The accompanying illustration shows a heavy electric locomo-tive built for switching purposes. It is one of two recently builtby the McGuire Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, for theGeneral Electric Company, one to be used by the New York SugarRefining Company, in New York City, the other, by the Hoboken wheel. The engine is fitted with double eccentrics, and runs at80 r.p.m. It is so piped that either or both cylinders can he runsimple, condensing or non-condensing. ♦ ♦♦ A New Principle in Brake Shoes
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ELECTRIC SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVE Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Company, of Ho-boken, N. J. The locomotive will be equipped with two G. E. 51 motors, andhas a total weight of 28,000 lbs. The wheels will be 36 ins. in diame-ter, with M. C. B. specifications, and the wheel base is 5 ft. 6 ins.The car will be equipped with Westinghouse air brakes, a 5-in. airwhistle, for which special reservoirs are carried, a regular locomo-tive bell, etc. Large Engine in San Antonio, Texas The San Antonio Street Railway Company, of San Antonio,Tex., has recently installed at its power house one cross-com- In the early history of railroading, the main work demanded oia brake shoe was to stop the wheels from turning in the shortestpossible time, and very little attention was given at first to thewear of either wheels or brake shoes from friction. It soon be-came evident, however, that the wear on the tire of the wheel wasvery expensive, and it became necessary to make the brake shoeof a soft

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