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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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GENERATING UNIT bodies are constructed with the Bellamy reversed stair-case, which gives an increased seating capacity and permitsthe ingress and egress of the passengers to be made withgreater facility than in the ordinary type of double-deckcar. The interior of the car is neatly finished in quartered
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COOLING TOWERS WITH FANS, PORTSMOUTH oak. The cars are mounted upon Brill 21-E trucks. Thebraking of the car is usually sufficiently provided for by thehand brake. It is, however, supplemented by the electricemergency brake operated from the controller by the mo-torman. In conclusion, it should be added that the complete sys-tem of electric tramways has been designed by and carriedout under the supervision of A. Rotter, who, in addition tobeing engineer to the tramways, also acts as manager. January 4, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 39 Elevated Railway Repair Shop Methods in Chicago The increased number of interurban electric railwaysusing motors of large size make the methods used by theelevated roads of Chicago for handling motors and arma-tures in their repair shops of special interest, because theseroads have all been in operation for some time, and thebenefits to be obtained from their experience should beconsiderable to interurban lines which are just starting inbusiness. The re

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