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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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p leads from the platform to the floor of the car. Thecars stand as near as possible 12 ft. 3 ins. from the head of therail over the trolley board. They are mounted upon No. 27-Ftrucks, which have a 4-ft. wheel base with 33-in. wheels. Thewheels have 2j^-in. tread with ^-in. flange and weigh 340 lbs.Each truck is fitted with a single Westinghouse No. 49 motor. is a vestibule, the amount of damage done by trivial accidents isoften very great. In this case, however, the vestibule and plat-form hoods are distinct from the framing of the car, the hood canbe destroyed without necessarily injuring the roof frame. On therear hood numerous strips of ash are placed, covering a con-siderable space. This is put on for the purpose of protecting thehood against the rebound of the trolley pole when it comes offthe wire. It has been found with the extremely high speeds usedon the Cleveland roads that the trolley pole whips backward andfrequently destroys the hood after leaving the trolley wire. Such
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CLOSED CAR FOR CLEVELAND CITY RAILWAY COMPANY The seats are longitudinal and upholstered in spring cane. Theheadlining is three-ply maple. As will be seen, the car, in its general proportions, is not differ-ent from many others, but the first feature which is notably outof the common run is the fact that the car is built to run on a loopin one direction. Hence the vestibule at the forward end only.This vestibule is completely enclosed, having doors and step uponthe right hand side. These doors close against the body of thecar. Double folding doors give entrance to the body of the carfrom each end. The rear platform is also closed upon one side,having its entrance like that of the vestibule on the right handside of the car looking forward. Platforms and vestibules thusarranged have an unusual amount of space. The dashers are high,measuring 40 ins. from the floor. Externally the car is some-what peculiar on account of the steam road hoods to the plat- a contingency could hardly have bee

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