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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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l 42 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXL No. i. CARS FOR A NEW LONDON TUBE RAILWAY In the issue for March i, 1902, of this paper a description wasgiven of the construction of the underground tube railway ofthe Great Northern & City Railway. This work has now pro-gressed so far that some of the cars have already been de-livered, and views are presented herewith. The cars, whichwere built by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company, ofLondon, were designed for the contractors, Messrs. Pearson & the center and at both ends, framed in teak, with teak and glasspanels. They are suspended from the top by brass hangers,carrying friction rollers. The entrance platforms are 4 ft. 5 ins. long, and are fittedwith automatic locking gates on each side. Each platform hasa permanent vestibule front with a double swing door. Everytwo adjacent gates are arranged so that they can be easily con-trolled by one man standing in the gangway. The interior finish is of teak, panelled with mahogany; these
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TRAIN OF CARS, GREAT NORTHERN & CITY RAILROAD Son, by Sir Douglas Fox & Partners, engineers. They are tobe run in trains of seven cars each, three of which, the two endand middle ones, are motor cars, to be used with the multipleunit system. The motor coaches have the following principal dimensions:Length of body outside, 40 ft. 8 ins.; length over platforms, 49ft. 6 ins.; width over side pillars, 9 ft. 4 ins.; width inside, clear,8 ft. 9 ins.; height inside at the center, 8 ft. 4 ins.; height of panels between the windows are inlaid with sycamore andpressed teak moulding. The other mouldings are of teak, theroof being finished with Lincrusta millboard, painted dull whiteand divided into eight transverse panels. The cars are provided with thirteen cross-seats on each side,giving accommodation for two passengers on each; the restof the seating capacity consists of short longitudinal seats ateither end; ample room is allowed per passenger. A combi-

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