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Identifier: streetrailwayjo221903newy (find matches)
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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o Ala. Dear Sir : Hereafter you will pleaseroute all my shipments viathe Birmingham Rail-way, Light & PowerCo.S fast freight line. Ala., .190.. To .. Dear Sir : Hereafter you will please route all ship-ments to me via the fast freight line of theBirmingham Railway, Light & PowerCO. Respectfully, Division. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Division. No Local Freight* Way-Bill To Date, , 190.. Consignor Marks Consignee Articles Weight Rateper100 lbs. Charges Prepaid Collect 1 Form 150 Railway Department BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANYDaily Recapitulation of Freight Received and Forwarded Birmingham, Ala 190.. Freight forwarded • delivered Previously Reported. Total to date Tonnage forwarded.. delivered...Previously reported.. Total to date Articles forwarded... delivered Previously reported.. Total to date Steam Cars Handled..Previously reported...Total to date Total Numbers and initials. Genl Frt. Agt. September 12, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 519
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ONE OF THE EXPRESS TRAINSBIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Daily Report of Freight Station 190.. No. ofWay Bill To Prepaid To be Collected Total Agent. ELECTRIC WELDED JOINTS BY WILLIAM PESTELL Probably no one thing contributes more to the expense of oper-ating an electric railway than bad joints in the track. First comesthe wear and tear on cars, trucks, motors and equipment from theconstant pounding; the loss of voltage due to the breaking ofbonds with its inevitable consequence, baked-out motors, reducedschedule speeds, increased coal consumption and chances for elec-trolysis, then the expense of taking up paving, renewing splice-bars, bolts, etc., in an almost hopeless attempt to make the railfit for further service. It is usually found that by the time a gen-eral overhauling of the track is decided upon the rail-ends are sobadly pounded out that the simple raising of the joints and re-newing of splice-bars and bolts does not extend the life of therail to a commerciall

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  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:538
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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