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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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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he fixed sub-stations at the points mentioned, twocomplete portable sub-stations of like capacity and equipmentwill be constructed. These will be mounted on regularfreight trucks so that they can be easily transported by railto points where there is a special local demand for electriclighting. The whole arrangement presents an interestingdevelopment in railway street lighting, particularly since it istaking place in a country which has adopted electricity withina very few years. COMBINATION TOWER AND CONSTRUCTION CAR FORTHE LOGAN VALLEY RAILWAY VACUUM DRYING AND IMPREGNATION OF COILS The interesting tower car shown in the illustration has justbeen shipped to the Altoona & Logan Valley (Pa.) ElectricRailway Company by the John Stephenson Company. Thetower is of the McArdell type and is equipped with a revolv-ing platform. The tower is raised with gears and pinions,and when lowered the platform extends slightly over the endof the car. The main compartment has 5-ft. sliding doors and
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COMBINED TOWER AND CONSTRUCTION CAR FOR THE I.OGANVALLEY RAILWAY is intended for construction material. The motormans com-partments at each end are entered from small triangular plat-forms at diagonal opposite corners of the car. The dimensions are as follows: Length over the endpanels, 20 ft. 10 ins.; length over the vestibules, 28 ft. 6 ins.;width over the sills, including the sheathing, 8 ft. 1I/2 ins.;height from the floor to the ceiling, 7 ft. 4)i ins., and heightfrom the under side of the sills over the trolley boards, 8 ft.6^ ins. The side sills are 4 ins. x 12 ins., and the cross mem-bers 4 ins. X 6 ins.; cross pieces, 2)H ii^s. x 16 ins.; thicknessof the corner posts, 4^ ins. and 4^ ins. ♦-♦> The Dayton & Western Traction Company has made aninterline arrangement with the Chicago, Cincinnati & St.Louis Railroad (steam) for through business between Day-ton and Chicago. The traction line makes connection withthe steam road at Richmond. Last week the company madea

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