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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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ES ON THE ST. LOUIS ELECTRIC RAILWAY TESTS The two tracks between the Transportation Building andthe intramural railway to be used for the electric railwaytests, arc each about 1400 ft long, and are laid with 60-lb. railin 30-ft. lengths, resting 0n 6-in. x 8-in. x 8-ft. cedar ties,spaced 30 ins. between centers. Cinder ballast is used through-out. One of the tracks is about 3 ft. above the other, and bothare straight and level throughout. Each joint is bonded witha No. 00 American Steel & Wire Companys bond, having aJi-in. head, which is expanded into the bond hole by an irondrift pin through the center. The line material was furnished by the Wesco Supply Com-pany, of St. Louis, and was installed by the Exposition me-chanical and electrical department. Wire-lock wedge-jointsteel-tubular poles 28 ft. long, and consisting of three tubes of6-in., 5-in. and 4-in. diameter, respectively, were used. The J^rr ;rr-r~, \^rr \r~,^ ;,-rr ;rrr-v ;rrrjnrr ;^rr;rrr ;^rr ;rrr- \<-rr \rrr~, ;
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iSf cct Ry^Journal PLAN AND SIDE ELEVATION OF STANDARD CAR USED BY THE INDIANA NORTHERN TRACTION COMPANY color selected for these cars is rather striking, being orangeup to the window sills and lemon above the sills. The seats areHale & Kilburn, arranged to face permanently one way. Thecars were built by the John Stephenson Company, and aremounted on Stephenson M. C. B. type of truck, with the Rail-way Steel Spring Companys steel-tired wheels. The operatingequipment consists of four G. E.-73 motors, with L.-4 con-troller. The brakes are of the Christensen type, manufacturedby the National Electric Company, Milwaukee, Wis. The running time between Marion and Wabash is about fiftyminutes, leaving ten minutes for layover or to make up fortime lost, and allowing cars to leave each end once each hour.This will require the operation of two cars for local service,and, possibly, a limited car will be added, making the roundtrip every two hours, with twenty-minute layover at each end. The

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