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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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BRILL CAR FOR COLORADO SPRINGS & SUBURBAN RV. that tli■ lose them, gives the posts unusual vertical strength and rigidity. To obtain a double step within the proscribed limits, the buildershave not detracted in any way from the useful features of the stand-ard open car—the scats are just as long, the curtains can be drawnto the floor, and the space occupied by the intermediate step uof encroaching on the Boor area really utilizes space that is moreoften wasted. Guard rails, sliding behind the grab handles, are gen-erally used in tlu-i cars for protection when the speed is high. An excellent feature of the Colorado Springs cars is the motor-mans cab, which is a completely enclosed narrow platform at the

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