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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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eight of the emerywheel to be varied as desired. Thewheel is driven by a motor, powerbeing supplied to it through a flex-ible shaft. Suitable handles areprovided on the frame to facilitatethe operator in moving the ma-chine back and forth over the pointbeing ground. A rail wagon with several verynovel features has also beendesigned. The wagon is intendedfor hauling 60-ft. rails, and is de-signed especially to prevent un-STANDARD DOUBLE-TRUCK CLOSED CAR necessary lifting of rails in loading and unloading them. The wheelsare comparatively small in diameter and the bolsters extendout over and lieyond them. When rails are to be unloaded thebolster standards on one side are removed and skids slopingto the ground are fastened to the ends of the bolster. Thisdesign permits the rails to be unloaded by simply slidingthem off the end of the bolster. In order to lessen the over-hang of the rails on the rear end a supporting frame extendsback several feet beyond the rear bolster. The front hounds
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longitudinally through the middle, was hot-riveted to theunder side of the rail. After the rail sections had beenbolted and riveted together, a rich mixture of concrete con-sisting of one part cement to two parts sand was flowedaround the ties and around the bases of the running rails.SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION TOOLSThe construction department in charge has designed andconstructed several special devices to facilitate the work. January 5, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. are of such a length as to permit of several feet of overhang of the rails beyond the front bolster without endangering the horses. NEW CARS The new cars for the system will be constructed in thecompanys shops. They will be ofthe semi-convertible type withcross seats, and will seat thirty-two people. The length over allwill be 31 ft., and they will bemounted on a single truck. For several years past the com-pany has built all of its cars, andthe building of the ipassenger carsthat have been the companysstandard for several ye

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