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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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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INTERIORS OF SEATTLE AND TACOMA CARS the attention which has been paid to every detail. Although fittedfor third-rail contact the cars are wired for trolleys and have trol-ley platforms, so that a change may be made without withdrawingthe cars from service. The cities of Seattle and Tacoma are about but does not prevent passengers passing through, as there are cabs ateither end, and the motorman is therefore always on the off side.The window rails are very low and the windows large, adding tothe coolness of the cars in warm weather. The sliding doors to
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SEATTLE AND TACOMA COMBINATION BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER CAR 25 miles apart, and it is intended to cover the distance in steamrailroad time. The Brill 27 trucks, upon which the cars aremounted, are capable of making 65 miles an hour. There are eleven cars in this order: Two motor passenger cars,four motor combination rassenger and baggage cars, four trailer platforms have drop sashes, as have also the front vestibule doorsand outside cab doors. The interiors are finished in solid Mexicanmahogany, handsomely carved and inlaid. The ceilings are lightgreen, striped with gold. Each car is fitted with Dedenda gongsand Brill ratchet brake handles. June 7, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 739 Automatic Alternating-Current Circuit Breaker The use of alternating currents in street railway work has be-come so general that railway engineers are becoming as familiarwith alternating current as are lighting engineers. The merits ofthe improved automatic oil-circuit breaker, shown in the accom-

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