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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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onsisting of a motor car pu,shing a trailer,left Elgin bound for Chicago. The freight train in the meantimebad taken the siding and was awaiting the passage of the passengertrain before completing its switching duties. The switch leadinginto the siding is a standard spring switch facing Elgin, having 15-ft.points and a 6o-ft. lead. It is stated that the passenger train was running at a speed of 40 miles an hour when this switch wasreached. The cause has not been ascertained, but for some rea-son the passenger train took ihe side track, crashing into thefreight train standing there. I he heavy passenger car wrecked thelocomotive and telescoped one of the stock cars; the entire front endof the passenger car was broken in. The crews of both trainsjinuped in time to avoid injury. Ihe passengers were badlyshaken up but nfi one was seriously iiijurefl Illuminated Si^ns. Railway companies operating summer gardens or ollur amusement resorts will be interested in the accompanying ilhistralion.
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P.\RK SICK. which is reproduced from a photograph taken at 9 oclock at nightwith an exposure of four minutes. The sign shown was furnishedl>y W. N. Matthews & Bro., of St. Louis, Mo. Golden.Anderson Valve Specialty Co. Mr. W. E. Golden, formerly general sales manager for the BestManufacturing Co., and Mr. E. V. .\nderson, inventor and mechan-ical superintendent, have formed a new company for the manufac-ture of Anderson cushioned non-return valves, Anderson pressurereducing valves. Golden high and low pressure tilting steam traps,Anderson roller lock cocks and Anderson automatic float valves.The headquarters of the Golden-Anderson Valve Specialty Co. willbe at 105 Pike St., Pittsburg. Pa., where all inquiries and ordersfor these products should be addressed. The J. G. Urill Co. has recently received an order from thePunedin Corporation Tramways, Xew Zealand, for a lot of sevenlo-bench open cars. This type of car, and other Brill types, arealready in use at Dunedin. The cars wil

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