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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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over 1 in. of the middleof the fuse is melted away when a heavy short-circuit isopened, and very little smoke results. tion, which is practically fireproof, being substituted forthe wood. Fireproof paint has also been used whereverpracticable. OPEN CARS The proposition to run open cars on a railway elevatedfor its entire length was one to which the managers of theManhattan Railway Company gave considerable thoughtbefore a decision was finally reached. The cars haveproved very popular, however, and by the system adoptedof closing all the entrances before the car starts no troublehas been experienced in the way of accidents to pas-sengers. The general dimensions of the open cars are as follows: Feet Inches Distance between center of trucks 33 2 Distance between wheels of each truck 5 o Diameter of truck wheels 2 6 Length of car body on center line over end-plates. ... 47 1 Width over side sills 8 6 Height of platform over top of rail 3 Height of center of draw-bar over top of rail 2 4^
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STANDARD OPEN CAR, MANHATTAN RAILWAY There has been so much talk during the past year in re-gard to the danger from fire of elevated cars that it is grati-fying to know the Manhattan Company has so installedthe electrical apparatus and wires that the fire risk hasbeen reduced to a minimum. The wires themselves beingmuch more likely to cause fire than the apparatus,especial attention has been given to this part of the equip-ment. The insulation of the leads to the cast-grid resist-ance boxes has been removed between the resistance boxand just below the floor. It was not thought advisable toremove the insulation from the leads to the contactors, so,instead of removing the insulation, an asbestos hose hasbeen slipped on over the insulation. Asbestos cloth tape3 ins. wide has also been used to wrap the cables.The bottom of the car and any place where there is anypossibility of an arc has also been thickly covered withabestos sheeting. The same precautions have been usedwith the motor equi

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