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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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The fuel is coke and the supply is carried in pails placedinside the dashboard. The engine has two horizontalcylinders, 8 inches diameter by 15 inches stroke, and isbeing run with a pressure of 150 pounds. In order to do away with the noise of the exhauststeam this is carried directly into a condenser located onthe roof of the car and the condensed water is broughtback to a tank placed below the floor. The engineercontrols the motor by means of the levers seen in theengraving, which are so located as to be within easyreach of the engineer as he faces forward. This motorcar is built by the Atlas Works, Stockholm, Sweden.We are indebted for the engravings to Gust. Ryd, of theAtlas Works, who was recently a Worlds Fair visitor.Geo. Carlson, 850 Seminary avenue, Chicago, will cheer
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There are twelve cars of this kindrunning every day of the jear on lines where there aregrades of eight per cent. The engine room is 6 by 8 feet, and is located at oneend of the car with open front. The upright boileris of a type quite extensively used on the continent, hav-ing tubes arranged in tiers at right angles to each other. fully furnish any further particulars that may be desiredabout the motor to those who wish to investigate thematter more fully. An interesting feature in connection with these motorsis the track on which they run. Instead of using agrooved rail two T rails are bolted together a properdistance apart, the effect being the same as that of thegrooved rail. The cost is, of course, more, but the easeof keeping the groove clear probably makes up for thedifference. European practice differs from American innearl) every respect and it is sometimes of value toobserve how the persevering European will bring to per-fection methods that have been cast aside in America.

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