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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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e of special irons in their mixtures, and the very remarkableresults obtained demonstrated the advance that they had made inthis very essential quality in a wheel. The wheel now used in electric service is so designed that itcombines maximum strength with the greatest lightness of sectionpossible, and the New York Car Wheel Works, by increasing thestrength of their wheels, show their appreciation of the greaterdemand being made upon them by the increase in weight andspeed of electric cars. A Fine Parlor Car The accompanying illustrations show exterior and interiorviews of a directors car recently built for the Conev Island andBrooklyn Railroad by the J. G. Brill Company. An unusualamount of care was expended not only in design, but in construc-tion and decoration. The body of the car is a dark green relievedwith gold. The hardware throughout is solid bronze. The following are the leading points: Length over end panels,25 ft.; length over dasher rail, 36 ft.; length of platforms, 5 ft.
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FIG. 1.—INTERIOR OF PARLOR CAR—BROOKLYN 6 ins., which gives ample width for seats, ice-box, etc. The stepsare at the diagonally opposite corners. The width of the carover all is 8 ft., and the height from -track over trolley board is11 ft. 4V, ins. The body is finished with round corners .rind theend sash is bent to conform to the sweep. As shown by the re-flection, the glass in this sash was a very perfect piece of bending.The grill work around the platforms is particularly artistic. 458 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XIV. No. 8. The car is mounted on a pair of Maximum Traction Trucks.These have Westinghouse No. 49 motors. The wheels are 33 and20 ins. in diameter. The inside finish of the car is quartered oakhighly polished. There are two single doors at each end of thecar. They are 24 ins. wide. There are five windows on a side, ofpolished plate glass; they are arranged to raise 3^2 ins. The seating of the car is furnished by twenty wicker chairswith plush cushions. There are fou

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