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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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y have the hearty assentof the great majority of the members of the association. INTERURBAN CAR FOR THE PENSACOLA ELECTRIC TER-MINAL RAILWAY The Pensacola Electric Terminal Company, of Pensacola,Fla., has lately received from the J. G. Brill Company the carshown in the accompanying illustration. The large windows,which are opened at the rear, and the low window sills showthat it is of the builders well-known semi-convertible type.The car, which is mounted on No. 27-E-1 trucks with four 25-hp motors, will be run on a fast schedule between Pensacolaand Palmetto Beach, a popular and fashionable wintering re-sort. Pensacola has a large transient population, and is wellknown as one of the largest lumber markets in the country,and has also a considerable export trade in fish and fruit. Itsfine harbor is shared by a United States Navy Yard, and theshipping is extensive. The car seats forty-eight passengers, the seats being 35 ins.long, leaving the aisles 28 ins. wide. Cherry in natural color
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INTERURBAN CAR FOR PENSACOLA ELECTRIC TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY and birch ceilings comprise the interior finish. The cornerposts are 3^4 ins. thick, and the side posts 3% ins. The armsare of special design, and are arranged so as not to block thewindow lifts. Removable net window guards extend from cor-ner post to corner post and give ample protection to passengers.The car body measures 33 ft. 4 ins. over the panels, and 42 ft. 9ins. over the vestibules; from panels over vestibules, 4 ft. 8y2ins.; width over sills, 8 ft. 2T/2 ins., and over posts at belt, 8 ft.6 ins. The platform timbers are reinforced with angle-irons andangle-iron center-knees extend to crossings inside the body bol-sters. The side sills are 4 ins. x 7^ ins., with 12 ins. x Y% in.steel plates on the inside, to which the bases of the posts are se-cured. The needle beams are double-trussed, and substantialunder trusses are anchored at the body bolsters. The endsills are 5% ins. x 6j^ins. Brill sand-boxes, angle-iron bu

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