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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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NY STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. — (Vol. XXV. No. 8. the trolley pole circuit or to the third-rail shoes, for operationthus either in the shop yard or upon the elevated structure. The spaces underneath the sloping front decks at either endprovide valuable storage facilities for the auxiliary apparatus.Under one end is located the air compressor, pump governor,main reservoirs and piping for the air-brake system, all ofwhich apparatus is of the Christensen automatic type. Under-neath at the other end are located the resistance units requiredin the motor control circuits. This disposal of the auxiliaryapparatus gives the maximum amount of room below the un-der frame. The spaces beneath the sloping decks also serve tocarry the ballast that was found necessary to bring the totalweight of the locomotive up to 25 tons for adhesive purposes inhauling; the ballast consists of a pile of old rails at each endnear the lowest point of the deck. The auxiliary equipment consists of the standard New York
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I INTERIOR VIEW IN CAB OF THE BROOKLYN ELECTRICLOCOMOTIVE, SHOWING CONTROL APPARATUS automatic air-brake system, the air for which is supplied by aspecial size Christensen air compressor and governor, whichwere, as above noted, taken from an abandoned shuttle car.In connection with the air system, there is an air whistle, oper-ated by foot valves in the floor of the cab, and also one of thebells is operated by compressed air. The coupler equipmentis the standard Van Dorn automatic type as used upon the ele-vated division. The car is well equipped with grab handlesand steps for the convenience of the switchmen, and is pro-vided with a complete set of signal flags, tail lights, lanterns andalso roof markers for traveling upon all lines by day or night. Especial interest is attached to this accomplishment of themechanical department of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com-pany, as this is the first electric locomotive that has been builtin its entirety by a railway operating company. Furthermo

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