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Identifier: electricrailway431914newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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epayment devices of the Prepay-ment Car Sales Company. As the lines over which thecars are operated extend into the suburbs, the conditionsof passenger entrance and exit are so moderate that thedoorway is only 3 ft. 10 in. wide, and no division railsare used. Radical features such as ramps or low wheelswere also considered unnecessary for the character ofthe service. The following paragraphs describe the drop-platform cars, to secure an anti-climber effect andto prevent wagon wheels from scoring the sides of thecar. The side girder is built up of 3/16-in. plate. Athinner plate would have served, but it was desired tohave it thick enough to avoid buckling and to resistbending from side impacts. The ends of the car arealmost perfect circles, a form which enables the car tooperate with maximum clearances for a given length.The cross-sills are 3-in. 5.5-lb. I-beams, except that 6-in.channels are used to form the boundaries of the well.At the ends, the underframe is braced with 3-in. 4-lb.
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Richmond Center-Entrance Car—Ready for Train Operation general features of this design, the details being pre-sented in the accompanying drawings and half-tones. GENERAL DATA It was specified that the car body without trucks,operating equipment and load should not weigh morethan 21,000 lb. It seats sixty-four passengers and willcarry a total of 125 passengers with comfort. The prin-cipal dimensions are as follows: Length over the bump-ers, 50 ft. % in.; width over all, 8 ft. 4% in.; heightfrom rail to underside of side sill, 34^ in. with 33-in.wheels; height from rail to top of trolley board, 11 ft.10% in.; distance between truck centers, 25 ft. 10 in.;truck wheelbase, 4 ft. 10 in., and width of aisle betweencross-seats, 23 in. The limiting curve for operationhas a center radius of 30 ft. The successive steps areas follows: Vox/± in. from the pavement to the tread ofthe folding step at the center entrance; 14 in. fromthis step to the floor of the well, and 9% in. from thewell to th

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