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Identifier: streetrailwayjo231904newy (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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operated by the CoronadoRailroad Company, and makes connection with a ferryboatwhich plies between San Diego and Coronado. This boat isoperated by the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company. Allthree companies are controlled and operated by practically thesame interests. Some of the interesting features of both rail-way systems will be described in the following notes:DOUBLE-DECK CORONADO CAR Probably the most conspicuous characteristic of the Coron-ado Railroad is the large double-deck car shown in Fig. 1,which is used throughout the summer and whenever the trafficwarrants it. This car is of Brill manufacture, and is 41 ft. inlength over all. It has a seating capacity of eighty, and cancarry 150 people. The roof of the upper deck is 20 ft. abovethe rails, and the trolley wire is placed 4 ft. above that. Thecar is mounted on Brill maximum-traction trucks, equippedwith two G. E.-67 35-hp motors. Complete it weighs 13 tons.The ordinary hand brake is provided, and in addition the car is
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FIG. 1.—DOUBLE-DECK CORONADO CAR ON PALM-BORDERED AVENUE. equipped with a simple but efficient rope brake. This latterbrake consists of a hemp rope, wound one complete turn abouta 16-in. cast-iron drum, that is mounted on the small idle axleof the truck. With this brake the car can be quickly brought toa stop, and although the rope has to be replaced at intervalsvarying from one to three months, the construction on thewhole is an inexpensive but effective one. The rope on thedrum is kept lubricated a little, so that it will not tighten upof itself when running loose. This car has been in use by the company for about five years,and for the conditions under which it is operated serves the June 4, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 853 purpose very well. These conditions are that it make tripsevery 20 minutes between the ferry dock and the hotel andtent city. Its capacity is generally sufficient to handle thecrowd, whereas a single-deck car would have to haul a trailermost of the time. At

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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:867
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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