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Identifier: streetrailwayjo211903newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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STANDARD PASSENGER CAR seats under the windows. These have been protected by asheet-steel guard. The present heater equipment takes 16 amps,maximum, which has been found to be hardly sufficient for thecoldest weather. One special feature of the windows is theChamberlain dust strip, which is simply a brass strip whichslides in a slot around the outer edge of each sash. The carsare kept neat and clean, as the management believes this isone of the surest ways of reaching the favor of the public.These car bodies are mounted on Peckham trucks, equipped
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MAP OF ROCKFORD, BELOIT & TANES-VILLE RAILWAY WORK AND MATERIAL CARS bus-bars. It must be remembered that electric heating of thecars is included in this. The location of the power house and car house on the Stateline is at Beloit, and the sub-stations are shown on the map.There are very few stops between the towns shown on theroute, as the country consists mainly of large farms, and can-not, therefore, be compared with some of the thickly-settled with four General Electric 57-motors, geared to a maximumspeed of 45 miles per hour. Christensen air brakes andNichols-Lintern air sanders complete the equipment. The roadhas a full set of United States 14-in. electric arc headlights.The present equipment consists of eight passenger cars, twoof which have a baggage compartment in place of a smokingcompartment. There is also one work car, which can be con- April 25, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 625 verted into a Taunton snow-plow. Four more passenger carshave been bought. The track cons

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo211903newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:647
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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