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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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SPECIAL TRAIN OF TEN CARS OPERATED AT OPENING OF LINE TO SAN RAFAEL 66 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXIII. No. 2.
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REGULAR PASSENGER TRAIN, CARRYING MAIL, BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS generators is smoothed out. At other periodsof the day, when no trains are moving, thereis practically no load on the station, and hereagain the battery comes into play, as it ischarged during such periods, and thus keepsa more even load on the station. Severalviews of trains are shown. The list of stations on the electric division of the road, with distances from Sausalito, isas follows: MILES Sausalito Alameda Point 1.24 Waldo Point 1.85 Manzanita 2.67 Mill Valley Junction 3.51 Millwood 4.5 Mill Valley 5.25 Alto 4.46 South Portal 5.05 North Portal 5.67 Corte Madera 6.07 Larkspur 6.87 MILES Escalle 7.42 Kentfield 8.23 Ross 9. San Anselmo 9.97 West End H-43 San Rafael H-95 The trains operate at a schedule speed ofabout 25 m. p. h. to 30 m. p. h., and havemaximum speeds of between 50 m. p. h. and60 m. p. h. During morning and evening anexpress service is given between Sausalitoand the San Rafael end of the system. The entire ra

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