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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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SUB-STATION ANI> CAR HOUSES AT KENT. the center of the business portions ol the two cities and here trans-fers arc given over local lines to all points within the limits of eithercity. In Seattle, there are 1.64 miles of track over which trainsmust operate at a slow speed and a similar condition exists in operat-ing over 2.36 miles of the route in Tacoma. In the schedules, 15 126 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW (Vol. XVI, No. 3. minutes time is allowed for running this four miles of track withinthe limits of the two cities, thus leaving 32 miles which must be runin 45 minutes in order to maintain the established schedule time.From a junction point, 12 miles south of Seattle, there is a branch this branch are of the same type. Each train consists of one motorand one trailer. Freight Traffic.The Puget Sound Electric Ry. has given much attention to build-
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BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE CITY OF TACOMA, A TERMINAL OF THE PUGET SOUND 2.2 miles long, serving the town of Renton. On this branch line,an hourly service with 33 trains a day is operated. This servicecombined with that of the through line makes a total of 67 passengertrains a day operating on 44.8 miles of single track. The rolling stock for the main line passenger service consists of7 combination passenger and baggage coaches and 8 trailers. Forthe Renton branch 3 motor cars and 2 trailers. These passengerequipments were built by the J. G. Brill and the John Stevensoncompanies. The main line passenger cars are 43 ft. long overbumpers and 9 ft. wide over all. The motor cars weigh 42 tonseach when empty, and have a seating capacity of 42 passengers.The interiors are handsomely finished in mahogany and have seatsof the walk-over type, upholstered in green plush in the trailcars and rattan in the motor cars. The interior arrangement issimilar to that of a standard railroad coach. The cars ar

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