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Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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of the regular passenger compart-ment, 28 feet 8 inches inside; length of the smoking com- 354 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XIX, No. 12. partrnent, 11 feet 2V2 inches inside; width of car, 8 feet 6 inchesover all; height of car from rail to top of roof, 13 feet 2inches; truck centers, 27 feet 6 inches. The frames are of semi-steel construction, trussed by twotruss rods 1% inches in diameter with upset ends. The sillsare composite and consist of yellow pine 5 by 8 inches, rein-forced on the inside by 6-inch 8-pound channels. The centersills are of 6-inch I-beams with yellow pine fillers and theintermediate sills are of 4% by 6 inch yellow pine. The needle beams are of 5-inch I-beams trussed. Thesides of the cars are constructed with ash posts and casingsand are covered with, narrow beaded poplar. The letter boardsalso are of poplar. Thereare seven double windows on eachside of the car. The lower sashes are arranged to raise andare glazed with plate glass. The upper sashes are of Gothic
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Chicago & Southern—Floor Plan, Combination Passenger Depot and Substation. design and extend over the lower sashes. Mahogany interiorfinish and full empire ceiling painted a dark red, together withoxidized trimmings and high back, head roll, reversible seatsupholstered in brown plush, give the car a handsome appear-ance. The seats in the smoking compartment are upholsteredin black leather. Bach car is equipped with drinking waterand toilet room with dry hopper. The cars are equipped with wood body pilots, RadiantNo. 2 hot water heaters, arc headlights, parcel racks, whistlesand gongs, and are mounted on St. Louis Car CompanysM. C. B. high-speed forged steel trucks. The cars have fourG.E.-74 motor equipments, type M control, Westinghousestraight and automatic air hand brakes, air sanders and trol-ley retrievers. The city and suburban cars were built by the G. C. Kuhl-man Car Company and are of the single-end semi-convertibletype with smoking and passenger compartments and Detroit

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