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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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he like from withoutis prevented. The ventilator is entirely automatic in its action, is ex-tremely sensitive and has proved thoroughly effective in thethe introduction of foreign substances into the car. 570 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXL No. 15. A HEAVY FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE FOR FRESNO, CAL. The Fresno City Railway Company has just received fromthe J. G. Brill Company, of Philadelphia, the electric locomotiveillustrated. Besides the primary purpose of hauling heavyfreight cars, the locomotive will be used to carry freight andconstruction materials. Fresno is one of the most important railway centers in theState, and is also a large shipping point. From many pointsalono- the lines of the electric railway there is considerable pump, used in the elevator service, Woodbridge Building, NewYork city. It worked continuously under 125 lbs. pressure, thepump capacity being 3,000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours,and when taken out was in perfect condition. RATTAN VERSUS PLUSH FOR CAR SEATS
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ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR HE/WY FREIGHT freight to be transferred to the main lines. The locom(3ti\^e ismounted on high-speed trucks of the No. 27 type, and isequipped with four motors of 50 hp each. The weight of thecar and trucks before the motors were installed was 25,000 lbs.The available weight for traction will be 20 tons. The length over vestibules is 30 ft., and the width oversheathing 8 ft. The height from track over roof is 11 ft. 9 ins.The window openings are 2 ft. gYz ins. wide, and the sashes arearranged to drop into pockets. Two sliding doors are providedat each side, with openings 4 ft. 6 ins. wide. Brake shafts atIjoth ends of the car have 20-in. vertical hand wheels. Standardfreight couplers are used, with centers 35 ins. from the rails.The bottom of the side sills is 38^ ins. from the track, and thedistance from track to car floor 4 ft. in. The side sills,which are of long-leaf yellow pine, are ins. x 8% ins.; theinside sills are 4J4 ins. x 8^ ins., and the intermedia

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