Identifier: streetrailwayrev15amer (find matches)
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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is interesting to note thelarge variety of types of cars all of which have their special fitnessfor the conditions found in the cities whose names are seen on theletter boards: Double-deckers for England, Europe and Mexico;combination open and closed cars for the mild climates of thePacific Coast, South America, South .\frica, and elsewhere; con-vertible cars whose windows and panels slide up into pockets inthe side roofs; semi-convertible cars with large windows whichare also stored in roof pockets when not in use; the Narragansetttype of long open car with its convenient pair of steps at each side.and many others, including sumptuously furnished private cars,powerful electric locomotives, sprinkling cars and sweepers. Oneis impressed with the large number of cars approximating in sizeand appearance the finest coaches used in steam railway service andshowing the advanced developmenl of iiiterurban electric railroad-ing. Before leaviu.g. the visitor should know about a few departments
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786 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW l\c>i.. W, No. 10. and other things he has missed—the seat department occupying afloor space loo by 125 ft., the extensive varnishing rooms, the glaz-ing, upholstering, drafting, and electrical-equipment departments,the shipping platforms and wheel sheds, the equipment for fire pro-tection, including an elevated so,ooo-gallon reserve tank, and twoUnderwriter.s fire pumps, each with a capacity of 1,000 gallonsper minute. Tracks from the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore &Ohio lines enter the yards and pass through the principal buildings,and a complete trolley sjstem connects all of the buildings—about6V2 miles of trackage in all. Wire Kopc Lubrication. An Available Water-Power. In its investigation of the natural resources along the Chi-cago & North-Western line that the Industrial Department of thatcompany has had its attention called to a situation at a northernNebraska point that in a way indicates what the future of thiswestern country may pro

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