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Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches)
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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KANSAS CITY & LEAVENWORTH SHOPS tion, and 75 cents for the round trip, with local fares in pro-portion. A lower rate is made to inmates of the SoldiersHome, near which the line passes, as well as to clergymen,sisters of charity and members of the Salvation Army. Anewsboy distributes ice water and sells fruit and other com-modities in the cars after the fashion common on steam 926 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XVI. No. 41. railroad trains. There is considerable competition with thesteam railroads, of which four run between Kansas Cityand Leavenworth, the Missouri Pacific Railway being themost active competitor, with seven trains each way perday, making the run in about fifty minutes, and charging$1 per round trip.
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ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE AND CONSTRUCTION TRAIN The ten cars constituting the rolling stock of this line—made by the American Car Company—are of the styleshown below. They are 41 ft. long, with an unusuallywide body, about 9 ft. over all, giving ample room for crossseats. All have smoking compartments, and some of themhave baggage rooms. The weight is 22 tons each. Theyare driven by Steel 50-hp motors, four per car, gearedup to a speed of 45 miles per hour. The motors are con-trolled by one Steel No. 44 controller per car, the carsbeing single-ended, and running around a Y at each endof the route. The cars are equipped with the Magannstorage air-brake system, which is remarkably successful,considering the length of the run and the consequent aggregating 100 miles. The air passes through a reducingvalve before reaching the brake cylinders, so that it is im-possible to apply full storage-tank pressure to the cylinders.This valve is set to give 45 lbs. per square inch. 1 The company also

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo161900newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:367
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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