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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.
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FLAN OF CAR FOR THE WINONA INTERURBAN RAILWAY baggage compartment. This compartment is separated fromthe motormans cab by a bulkhead which was built largelywith the idea of adding strength to the car body. A slidingdoor is placed in the bulkhead, but with the exception of thisone all the doors in the car are hinged. The toilet room inthe rear of the passenger compartment is provided with aDuner flush water closet which is supplied with water from upon Baldwin trucks having a wheel base of 6 ft. 10 ins.These are provided with 36-in. steel-tie wheels and treads2,Y2 ins. wide and flanges measuring iy& ins. deep and 1% ins.wide. The electrical equipment of the cars was furnished by theAllis-Chalmers company. The four 75-hp motors are con-trolled direct by an Allis-Chalmers controller in the cab.
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AUXILIARY AND SI I: STATION APPARATUS IN GENERATING STATION a tank overhead. An enameled zinc lining *In imitation ofwhite tile greatly improves the sanitary condition of the toiletroom. The passenger compartments of the car are finishedin inlay mahogany and the floor is covered with inlay lino-leum. Particular attention was given the lighting. In addi-tion to a meridian lamp in the ceiling opposite each pier post,ornamental electroliers supplied with round frosted incandes-cent bulbs are placed on the deck sills immediately overeach seat. A Peter Smith hot-water heater is located in the rear por-tion of the baggage room. A somewhat unusual practice The design of the controller, which is provided with twoblow-out coils, is such that current is cut oft from the motorseven when the car is starting without any burning of the con-tact fingers. An unusual feature of the controller is thatwhich by the use of the reverse handle permits the motorcut-out switch to be operated without removing

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