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Identifier: streetrailwayjo241904newy (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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companyswooden cars of similar pattern, which is 48,000 lbs. with-out motors. On top of the steel bottom is placed a layer A. C. ELECTRIC TRACTION FROM GAS POWER TO BEUSED BY THE WARREN & JAMESTOWNSTREET RAILWAY COMPANY A somewhat unique departure from established methods inelectric traction has recently been undertaken at Warren, Pa.The Warren & Jamestown Street Railway Company is equip-ping an a. c. single-phase electric railway system to operate be-tween Warren, Pa., and Jamestown, N. Y., for which powerwill be supplied by gas engines operating upon natural gas.The equipment is now being constructed by the WestinghouseCompanies at East Pittsburg, Pa. The power station will belocated at Stoneham, Pa., 2 miles from Warren. The initialequipment will consist of two Westinghouse gas engines, eachof 500-brake-hp capacity. They will be of the horizontal, sin-gle-crank, double-acting type, direct-connected to two 260-kwgenerators, furnishing current at voltage sufficient for direct
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EXTERIOR VIEW. SHOWING THE FRAMING OF THE ALL-STEEL CAR FOR THE METROPOLITAN WEST SIDE ELEVATED RAILWAY OF CHICAGO of mineral wool, and above this, wooden flooring. Froman inspection of the illustrations it will be seen that the onlywood employed in the construction is the flooring, the roof, thewindow sills and frames and some other details. A better ideaof the construction can be gained from a close study of theexcellent drawings and reproductions from photographs thanfrom an extended description. The design of the car has been worked out under the super-vision of W. S. Menden, chief engineer of the MetropolitanWest Side Elevated Railway Company, by whose courtesythese illustrations and details are presented. In conjunction with the Big Four Railroad (steam), theCleveland & South Western Traction Company last weekhandled a crowd of several hundred football enthusiasts fromColumbus to Oberlin and return. The steam road took themfrom Columbus to Wellington, and the train was met b

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo241904newy
  • 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:999
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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