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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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panying illustration. The space occupied by the beams is di-rectly under the spring plank. The entire arrangement isvery compact and substantial. Flat kick-off springs are em-ployed for releasing the brakes. The truck is made to receivetwo G. E. 57 motors, outside hung. The axles are 5 ins. indiameter and the standard Master Car Builders wheel tread isused, that tread having been adopted as standard in KansasCity. AN INTERESTING EXCURSION CAR FOR TEXARKANA The Texarkana Light & Traction Company, of Texarkana,Tex., has lately received from the American Car Company theinteresting type of summer excursion car shown in the accom-panying illustration. The St. Louis Transit Company last yearbuilt a number of cars somewhat similar, the difference beingthat they were provided with awnings, the seats extended allthe way across, and a running-board on one side gave entranceto each bench. In England there are cars like the type illus-trated, which have been in use for the past year or two at
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ROOFLESS EXCURSION CAR FOR TEXARKANA, TEX. watering places, and have proved very popular. The Englishare accustomed In riding in the open mi double-deck cars, andtherefore take kindly to an arrangement such as this. As the car is carried on high-speed trucks, the seats are en-closed with railings for safety, and entrance only at the ends.The advantage of such a car is, of course, that it provides atsmaller expense a means of carrying the crowds, which onfair days flock to the parks. As the illustration shows, the caris very stanchly built, including heavy trusses and sill plates, and strong braces on the inside of the panels; the side sills are4^4 ins. x 7^4 ins., with 8-in. x s^-in. sill plates on the outside.The length over the crown pieces is 41 ft. 6 ins.; the widthover sills and plates, 8 ft. 6 in. The length of the seats is 36 ins.and the width of aisle, 24 ins. The heights of the steps is re-spectively 16% ins., 11 ins. and 11 ins. The trolley board isfirmly supported by contin

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