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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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. The station equipment consists of two450-kw Westinghouse motor generator sets, each consistingof a 2300-volt, three-phase, synchronous motor, driving asingle-phase, 660-volt, 25-cycle generator. The trolley wire throughout the entire length of privateright of way carries 6600 volts. It is supportefl by the latest smoking and passenger compartments, toilet rooms andheater closets. They were built by the Niles Car Company,of Niles, Ohio. Their principal dimensions are: Lengthover buffers, 51 ft. 3 in.; length over vestibules, 49 ft. 11 in.;length over car body, 40 ft. 5 in.; vestibules, 4 ft. 9 in.; pas-senger compartment, 28 ft. 5^4 in-; smoking compartment,II ft. 11^54 in.; width over sheathing, 8 ft. 73^ in.; widthover all, 8 ft. 10 in.; width of aisle, 19 in.; length of seats,37^ in.; height under sills to top of roof, 9 ft. 5 in.; trackto top of roof, 12 ft. iifs ill.; wheel base of trucks. 6 ft.6 in.; weight of car body, 30,000 lb.; total weight, 82,000 lb.;seating capacity, 52.
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ONE OF THE .SIXt;i.E llL\SE C.\RS Each car is illuminated by thirty-five i6-cp lamps alongthe deck rail of the ceiling and three Holophane bowls,each inclosing five lights. The finish is natural oak withempire ceilings. The seats, furnished by Hale & Kilburn,are upholstered in green )ilush in the passenger compart-ments and leather in the smoking compartment. The cars are mounted on Baldwin 78-30 trucks withstandarc rolled-steel wlieels and .Sxniington journal lioxes. 684 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXL m 17. Both Peacock hand and Westinghouse air brakes are used,the Westinghouse brake being equipped with an a. c.-d. c.air compressor. Sand is delivered to the rail by air froman iron pipe clamped to the truck frame in front of eachwheel in such a manner that, no matter how sharp a curvemay be, the sand will be carried to the delivery pipefastened to the truck frame. The electrical equipment was furnished by the Westing-

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