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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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ve glass windows extending almost tothe floor, and a library compartment, toilet, kitchen and din-ing room in the front end. It is highly finished through-out and upholstered in leather. The car is 60 ft. over all,and is equipped for train operation. June 15, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1075 CENTER-AISLE VESTIBULED OPEN CARS FOR SPRING- NEW CARS FOR WESTCHESTER STREET RAILWAY CO.FIELD, ILL. ■ The Springfield Consolidated Railway Company, ofSpringfield, 111., has received from the American CarCompany five eleven-bench open cars which contain somefeatures a little out of the ordinary. The cars are vesti- A number of com,bination passenger and smoking cars ofthe grooveless post, semi-convertible type recently weresupplied by the J. G. Brill Company, of Philadelphia, to theWest Chester Street Railway Company, of West Chester,Pa., to be placed in service on the companys line betweenWest Chester and Coatesville, passing through Down-ington. Kennett Scpiare may also be reached from West
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EXTERIOR OF CENTER AISLE OPEN CAR buled at both ends, each vestibule accommodating fourpassengers; the total seating capacity of each car is forty-four passengers. The seats do not extend entirely acrossthe car, as is the more common practice, the companypreferring a center-aisle car. The metal arm pivotedto the back of the seat, although primarily intended tostrengthen the back of the seat, may be used as a grabhandle by alighting passengers. The truck used is the No.21-E with 8-ft. wheel-base; two motors of 25 hp capacityeach were installed on each car. The cars are finished inash with ceilings of three-ply birch. The chief dimensionsare as follows; Length over crown pieces, 30 ft. 6^ ins.;over sills, including sheathing, 7 ft. 3 ins.; over posts atseat ends, 8 ft. J/^ in.; height from floor to ceiling, 8 ft.; EXTERIOR OF SEMI-COXVJiRTIBLE CAR FOR WEST CHESTER Chester over the companys southerly branch, a dis-tance of about 13 miles. The total trackage of the systemis 28 miles. The

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