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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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ely consumed. Wiring Diagram for Car Lighting and Lintern Signal Lamps. NEW CARS FOR NASHVILLE. viously, any system which makes use of current from thetrolley must have an auxiliary source of current to supply thelamps in case the trolley wheel leaves the wire or the currentfails. The Lintern system, by means of an ingenious methodof wiring and an auxiliary battery of dry cells, provides amethod of electrical operation which possesses many ad-vantages over oil lamps as a method of rear-end signaling.Once installed the electric lamps entail practically no main- The J. G. Brill Company is delivering 15 double-truck carsto the Nashville Railway & Light Company. These cars areof the semi-convertible type and are 42 feet long over thebumpers, 8 feet 1% inches wide and 11 feet 4% inches high,having cross seats for 28 and longitudinal seats for 16 people.The cross seats are reversible and have high backs. All ofthe seats are of rattan. The car body weighs approximately 37,000 pounds, and
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New City Cars for Nashville, Tenn. tenance expense, are convenient to operate and are absolutelyreliable. The accompanying illustration shows the method of con-nection for the Lintem car signal as installed on the cars ofthe Illinois Traction System by the Ohio Brass Company,Mansfield, O. For cars operating in both directions thecars are provided with two rear-end signals on each end.The two-candlepower lamps which light the signals derivecurrent both from the car-lighting circuit and from theauxiliary battery, as shown in the diagram, one side of the fully equipped with motors, trucks, controllers, etc., it weighs34 tons. Destination signs of the Hunter illuminated type areused and a Mosher arc headlight is attachable to either end ofthe car. The motor equipment comprises four GE-90 motorscontrolled by two K28 controllers. The National Brake &Electric Companys straight air brakes, type AA4, are installed.These cars are mounted on Brill trucks and are provided withcast-iron wheels

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