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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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THE BEGGS PRIVATE CAR AND CAR NO. 300 OF CALIFORNIACOMBINATION TYPE FOR THE PACIFIC ELECTRICRAILWAY COMPANY exhibit. This is a car made for use in Dublin, Ireland, and islikewise double-decked. Of rnore than usual interest to the car builder and user isthe car for the New York subway, built for the InterboroughRapid Transit Company. The copper sheathing below the beltrail, together with the decrease in width at the eaves, makesthe car distinctive in appearance from the many around it. Itwas constructed according to very rigid specifications, everyprecaution being taken against possible crushing or telescoping
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THE FIRST CABLE CAR in the event of accidents. The car is mounted on the St. LouisCar Companys Interborough Special M. C. B. trucks. A distinctive type for elevated railways is the car constructedfor the Northwestern Elevated Railroad of Chicago. It is 46ft. 9 ins. long, having a width over all of 8 ft. 8 ins. The bot-tom framing is of wood composite construction, being thor-oughly reinforced with steel. A car closely resembling a steam railroad coach is the closedtrail car for the Key Route in Oakland, Cal. It is enteredfrom the street by a flight of steps, but the extreme width of the vestibule steps permits rapid loading and unloading. Theinterior of the car is supplied with three St. Louis interior arclights. In addition, incandescent lamps with opalescent globesare placed at frequent intervals on the molding just under-neath the upper deck sill, there being used for this purposemore than sixty lamps. The rich mahogany finish harmonizeswell with the green tint of the head linings.

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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:370
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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