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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ly described. The twopanels controlling the direct current tide of the rotanare icparated by the width of one panel from the alternating 1panels alreadj described. I In■-. ach contain a circuit breaker, an ammeter, a 1 itch lightning 1 and wattmeter As the relays and controlling switchoperating the il switches require continuous current a storage non-telescoping ends. I In- under framing it entirely of 5 in. anddin. i. riveted together wtih special channel plates. The lines of the car body are similar in general appearanceto what has come to be known as the Pullrru leeping car with compound Gothic windows. Thi in an ...Inch adds greatly t the general appearance of the car. iterior f the roof presents ■ rich appearance and 1mented with stripes and studded with frosted incandescent lamp-.each of t6 c p. sel in sockets of oxidized copper. The ventilatingsash are eliptical with art glass sel in three sections. The ceilingi- painted blue and the interior is rubbed down t a dead finish,
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STANDARD CAR-NILES CAR & MANUFACTURING CO. battery is provided for use in starting the plant when the narc not in operation and there is. therefore, no continuous currentavailable. The line current of 600 volts i- cut down t a pressureof 125 volts by mean- of a resistance inserted in series and tinspressure of 125 volts 1- used both to operate the relay- and con-trolling switches and to charge the batteries when required. I lie two panel- to the extreme right of the board are for thedirect current feed to the third rail. These each contain a circuitbreaker, ammeter, voltmeter, kicking coil and a lightning anA connection is made in the winding of the transformers so thatthe rotary converters can be run up to speed as motors with onlya portion of the normal pressure. When they reach full speed thisintermediate voltage i- cut off by mean- of a double throw switchand the normal pressure is supplied the latter being in quarter oak and decorated with marquetry work.The trimmings are of

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