Identifier: electricrailway551920newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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at INTERIOR VIEW OF ATLANTA CAR each end measures 5 ft. to the bulkhead. The cars aremounted on Brill 39-E maximum traction trucksequipped with General Electric 201-1 motors, and K-35control, and General Electric straight air brakes. Thetrucks are mounted on 23-ft. centers and the wheelbaseis 4 ft. 10 in. The cars seat fifty-one passengers. Theheight of the cars is 10 ft. 10 in. from rail to top oftrolley boards, and 7 ft. 6 in. from floor to headlining.The cars were built by the American Car Company, St.Louis, Mo. The Public Service Railway of New Jersey, whichmade a highly creditable record for good service duringand after the recent heavy snows, reports excellent re-sults from the Detroit drag-board described last in theissue of this paper for Aug. 31, 1918, page 371. Toquote a high official of the company they proved a lifesaver. They will be put on old single-truck cars foremergency snow fighting. At Camden the local mastermechanic has applied the boards to some double-truckcars.
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NEW TYPE CENTER-ENTRANCE AND EXIT CARS RECENTLY INSTALLED IN ATLANTA, GA. March 20, 1920 Electric Railway Journal o»b Reclamation Shop Effects Saving of More Than $86,000 in 1919 Centralization of Maintenance, Special Construction and SalvageWork on Connecticut Companys System Results in Large Economies

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