The Street railway journal (1903) (14572704280)

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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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int shop,and a third track outside parallels the build-ing wall, extending into the carpenter shop inthe rear, which is about 12 ft. wider for thispurpose. Disabled cars can then be run intothe carpenter shop without disturbing workin the paint shop. A freight service track alsoruns between the two buildings to the store-room in the rear. ROLLING STOCK A number of types of cars are in serviceupon different parts of the line, resulting fromthe absorption of independent lines and localrequirements upon the several sections of the Three of tbese cars have Westinghouse magnetic tractionbrakes, and the remainder Christensen air brakes in additionto the usual hand brake. These cars were originally dividedinto two compartments, the forward end being reserved forsmokers. The partition, however, has been removed andsmoking prohibited, with a view to preserving a clean interior,which was found to be impossible with the former arrange-ment. The cars have a seating capacity of fifty. The interior

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