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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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MAIL, EXPRESS AND FREIGHT SERVICE CAR OF THE SHEBOY-GAN LIGHT, POWER & RAILWAY COMPANY ing interests, and being the commercial center of a. consider-able district. The car is substantially constructed for carrying heavyfreight, and includes in the bottom framing deep under trusses,
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INTERIOR OF SHEBOYGAN COMBINATION CAR and, in short, inside trusses centered over the bolsters. Sillplates 8 ins. x ^ in. are on the outside of 4j4-in. x 7j4-in. sidesills, and the end sills are $y2 ins. x 7^ ins. The thickness ofthe corner posts is 3^4 ins., and of the side posts, 2^4 ins.; fromcenter to center of side posts, 29^ ins.; length of the body,37 ft., and length over the vestibules, 45 ft. The platforms are4 ft. long; width over sills, including sill plates, 8 ft. The interior is finished in ash, with carline finished ceil-ings. The seats are arranged to fold up when not in use.The car is mounted on Brill 27-G trucks, and is equippedwith a number of specialties of the same make, includingplatform and conductors gongs, sand boxes and angle-ironbumpers. NEW EQUIPMENT FOR ERIE, PA. The G. C. Kuhlman Car Company has delivered recentlyeight cars like the one shown in the engraving to the Erie Elec-tric Motor Company, of Erie, Pa. The railway company has35 miles of lines and ope

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