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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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ished by the LockeInsulator Co., of Victor, N. Y. The sub-stations, while differing slightly in dimen-sions, are essentially alike and their general arrange-ments arc shown in one of the accompanying illustra-lions containing a plan and elevation views. Like thepower station, they arc so constructed as to be abso-lutely fireproof, the only materials employed being con-irele, brick and steel. Their equipment is i<lentical withthat of the sub-station in the Riverton power house andin every case provision has been made for duplicatingthe present equipment. The distance from Springfield to Carlinville is about.)o miles and from Springfield to Decatur is also 40miles. This 80 miles of road was put into operationthis fall when the geiieralinn (il.iiil at Riverlcin waspractically completed. The company owns 11 combination passenger andbaggage cars, four of which are 46 ft lung built by theSt. Louis Car Co., and seven of which are 51 ft. 6 in. 970 STREIiT RAILWAY REVIEW. (Vol. XI\, Nu. ij.
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TU<l-SP.\N STEEL BRIDGE BETWEEN WOODSIDE AND CHATHAM. long, built by the American Car Co. The general arrangement ofof the interior of these cars is similar to those described in theReview for September, 1904, which operate on the Champaign-Danville intcrnrban line of the McKinley syndicate. The St. Loniscars are equipped with four 65-h. p. motors and theAmerican Car Co. cars with four J-h. p. motors, ailhaving Westinghouse straight air brakes. The St. Louiscars are heated with Peter Smith hot water heaters andthe American Car Co. cars with Western heatersmade by the Franklin Railway Supply Co., Franklin,Pa. The cars are all operated with the General Electrictype M multiple control. The longer cars made by theAmerican Car Co. are here illustrated by an exteriorview. These cars are 45 ft. IA in. long from the out-side of the sheathing on the front end to the end panelsat the rear. The width over outside sheathing is 8 ft.10 in. The passenger compartment is furnished withleather upho

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