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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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e length of carbody. The floor is double, with heavy building felt between.The needle beams are of 6-inch steel I-beams. The trussingand bracing of the bodies is in conformity with Pullman stand-ard practice. The bolsters are of heavy steel plates. These cars are equipped with four Westinghouse 75-horse-power motors, Westinghouse air brakes. Van Dorn drawbars,Nichols-Lintern air sanders, the Lintem system of electricsignals, furnished by the Ohio Brass Company, and are heatedwith Peter Smith hot water heaters. The two combination i)assenger and baggage car bodiesare of the same general design, construction and fittings asthe passenger coaches. They have a 10-foot baggage com-partment at the forward end of the car and have a seatingcapacity of 42. The 50-foot express car is of Niles standard design, thebottom framing consisting of two center sills of 6-inch steelI-beams, outside sills of yellow pine, 8 by .5 inches, reinforcedwith a steel plate the entire length of the car and interme-
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Youngstown & Southern Railway—Concrete Crossing Under Highway. top of roof, 9 feet 5 inches; height from track to top of roof,12 feet 9 inches. The seating capacity is 54; weight of body,28,000 pounds. The interior of these coaches is finished in cherry, havingall panels flush and outlined with neat marquetry lines. Theceiling is of full empire style, is painted, decorated in gold andvarnished with gloss finish. The seats, made by the Hale &Kilburn Manufacturing Company, are of high head-roll tyiieand upholstered in i)lush in the main passenger compartmentand in genuine leather in the smoking compartment, havingarm rests and comer grab handles. The windows are ofPullman style, the lower sashes being glazed with polished plateglass and the gothic and deck sashes with cathedral art glass.The window shades are made of Pantasote and are fitted withthe latest fixtures. The trimmings are of polished bronze.The toilet room is located in the rear left-hand corner of thecar. The parc

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