The Street railway journal (1886) (14739279446)

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Title: The Street railway journal

Year: 1884 (1880s)

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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation

Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

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OFFICES: CHICAGO: 185 Dearborn St.ST. LOUIS: 304 Locust St.PHILADELPHIA: 119 So. Fourth St.CLEVELAND, 0.: 117 Public Square.TOPEKA: 700 Kansas Avenue. way System in all its details,is prepared under suitableguarantees of successfuloperation, to take contrcclsfor equipping new roadswith all the appliances,both electrical and me-chanical, for operatkgstreet railroads, and alsofor equipping roads now inoperation. Sprague Automatic Motor.—15 Horse Power. 220 Volt*. Efficiency, 91 percent.

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/ y / / /•/ / / y^- Street Car Truck Showing Rioters.CHARACTERISTICS OF RAILWAY MOTORS. Lightest weight consistent with Highest Efficiency. Simple, Compact in Construction. Non-Liability to get out of order. No Skilled Labor. Strong enough to do the work under all conditions. Simplicity and ease or operation. Commutator wear Reduced to a Minimum. Generators of Highest Efficiency and Reliability. Systems of conducting Current to the Cars with the Impossibility o£ anAccident at any Point ot the Line Interfering with the Operation of the Remainderof the Road. Motors Flexibly Suspended from the Axles to insure Perfection of Running.Greatly Increased Traction by the Application of Motors to each Axle withIndependent Driving. Greatest Return for Given Amount of Coal Burned. DETAILS OF SYSTEM. Entire Freedom from Disagreeable Noises by means of Split-Gears and SpringSuspension. Absence of all Ropes, Belts, Sprocket-Wheels and Chains.No Useful Room in the Car taken up by the Motor.No Chang

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