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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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ARRANOEMENT ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND for lighting the car, two of the other four lamps on this circuitare cut Into the marker and headlight circuit, leaving two deadlamps on the Interior of the car. For lighting the Interior otthe car there are 23 lamps, which together with one In eacli veati- quick action air brakes with motormans brake valve and Ameri-can Brake Co. slack adjusters, and Crlstensen motor driven aircompressors, made by the National Electric Co. The electricheaters were furnished by the Consolidated Car Heating Co. 6th Yeab, No. 2—Oct. 12, 1904.1 DAILY STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 715 One of the interesting features of this car is the folding cab onthe platform. This is shown in one of the accompanying draw-ings from which it is seen that by making the end door of the ves- leaf dropping down following the guide, and the outer framework latches to the window sill with a flush catch so as not topresent any obstruction in the passage way when not in use.
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I>I..\N AND ELEVATION OF COUPI.EK tibule in two leaves and using a hinge of suitable design this doorcan be swung around so as to completely enclose the controllerwhen the car is in use as a trailer. As the Northwestern is op-erated left-handed, the controller is placed at the left at the sideof the cab. The side vestibule door is operated by a lever devicein connection with a Yale & Towne door check. The left vesti-bule door, just inside the cab, has a single leaf only with slidingsash. Another detail of the vestibule is the motormans seat,which Is designed to fold into the end of the car body when not inuse. This seat is constructed of maleable iron frame, the faceof which is molded to conform with the appearance of the endof the car and has a leaf, folding when not in use into the spacebetween the inner and outer walls, to which is attached a- cush- • FOR NORTHWESTERN EI.EVKTAD CAR. The car is equipped with Stearns & Ward automatic car couplersof the same design as tha

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