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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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is usual also to Increase the number ofunits in service. On first thought there would seem to be nobetter method of increasing the capacity of a road than by theuse of trail cars. They are easily attached and detached, theyare in service only when necessary, and they do not require theassistance of additional train-men. An examination of the trailersystem, however, will reveal the fact that it possesses seriousdefects. The trailer is not automobile and requires the services ^tiM^Avv^S^g^^ACxV* 609 of men anil lioises to attach it to the cars ami to move it betweenthe car sheds and the motoi- cars. The opening between themotor and the trail car increases the danger of accident both topassengers and conductors. The nnmber of entrances and exitsis increased and this augments llic work of the conductor in fi. The use of trailers. C. The seating arrangements and convenience of exit and en-trance.7. The preferences of passengers.These relations will as far as possilile be nduced to a money
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keeping track of his fares and increases the danger of his missingsome of them. If an extra conductor is placed on the trailer tocollect fares, a great portion of the gain due to the trailer systemis lost. The use of trailers throws an additional stress on themotors, as a heavy weight is added to the train which is notavailable for traction. The trouble is intensified as the load onthe trailer increases;, it makes the train more unwieldy in han-dling, and is largely responsible for the difficulty in starting andstopping quickly and in making schedule time. To obviate the necessity of using trailers, a large car equal inseating capacity to the combined capacity of the motor and trailcar may be operated. This system, however, introduces the dis- basis, and in order to do so a comparison will be instituted be-tween a road which operates double truck cars and one oper.atingsingle truck cars using trailers 26 per cent of the time to takecare of the heavy night and morning travel. The bodie

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