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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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sidewalk so that their carscould run into the building. Another building was pur- silver leaf. The inscription on each car is -Troy andAlbany Electric Express. The car, of course, is runthe same as passenger cars, by the overhead trolley sys-tem. There are also large headlights and several incan-candescent lamps inside. Fenders are also in use. Adriver and a messenger are in charge of each car. Allkinds of freight are carried, and special attention and pro-visions are made when the freight is of a destructibleand perishable kind. The express cars run entirelyseparate from the passenger cars and on a time schedulethat interferes in no vvaj or manner with the regularpassenger service. There are fifteen men employed inthe express department of the company. Cars areoperated from Albany and Troy each hour, one leavingeach place. A perfect system of collection and deliveries is inoperation at the termini. Trucks deliver from the trans-fer houses to the merchants places of business, and also
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chased in Troy, on the corner of River and Congressstreets, in the heart of the business section of the city.This also was fitted up similarly to the Albany- transferhouse. Cars run right into the buildings, and platformshave been erected high enough on one side to easil)- loadthe cars with freight. Offices are in each building forthe transfer, receiving and shipping clerks and freightsuperintendents. Three special express cars are in operation. The^•were constructed by J. G. Brill & Compan), of Philadel-phia. The cars measure 21 feet body, with platforms 3feet 6 inches at each end. There are two windows ona side and a 4-foot sliding door on each side for theadmission of freight and baggage. The running boardextends from end to end on each side. The car issheathed inside to top plate with tongued and groovedboards. The width of the car over sides is 7 feet 3inches. The car is mounted on Brill No. 13 independ-ent rigid motor truck. Their capacity is 20,000 pounds.They are elegant

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