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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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General.Dimensions Lenglh over Buffers 50 if End Plr.tes 4(l f Vestibules 4!l 9 3f^ ;> Centers of Trucks 58 i>i Wheel Base Width over all s Panels 8 4 Height of Body 9 4 „ ! over all of_3ody \i 8 ■+^^ Trolley Board 12n Street Ry.Journal ELEVATION, END VIEW AND PLAN OF LIMITED SERVICE CAR FOR THE LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & Manufacturing Company, which are especially designed fortrain operation. The half-tone illustration herewith showsfive of the cars as recently delivered to the company on theirown wheels. Five more of these cars will be delivered bythe same manufacturer within the next thirty days. 373/2 ins. in diameter. The axles are 6 ins. diameter, and thegears are solid sJA-in. face. Each car is fitted with tourWestinghouse No. 121 motors developing 85 hp, and is con-trolled by the Type M automatic feed, and they have West-insfhouse train-control air brakes and Peacock emerge acv
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A TRAIN OF CARS ON THE LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC RAILWAY The cars are 52 ft. over all, 40 ft. over corner-posts, and8 ft. 7 ins. extreme width. The other important dimensionsare shown on the accompanying drawing. In order to giveextreme seating capacity, the baggage compartment waseliminated in the new car, but it is probable that they will berun in trains with some of the present equipment whichhave baggage compartments. The cars have Pullman shapedwindows, with gothic and deck sash glazed with cathedralart glass. The interior finish is of cherry, the main panelshaving borders i^l-^i^i with whHe holly, the ceiling of semi- brakes. An interesting feature is the use of the Lintern CarSignal Companys system of classification and marker lampson both ends. These are operated in connection with •storage battery which is also connected to two circuits oxlamps in the cars, thus holding up the illumination when thetrolley is off. The train operation was tested out last week by GeneralManager F. J

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