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Identifier: streetrailwayj261905newy (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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nd glass. The battery was installed by theElectric Storage Battery Company. At Petaluma an additional current is supplied to the railwayby the California Gas & Electric Corporation from a motor-generator set. This set consists of a 440-hp Stanley syn-chronous motor, driving a 350-kw Bullock generator at 360r.p.m. The motor connections at Petaluma are 4000 volts star,while those at Sebastopol are 2300 volts delta. The passenger service of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Rail- 14 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXVI. No. i. way is handled by ten 45-ft. semi-convertible cars, manufac-tured by the American Car Company, of St. Louis, and W. H.Holman & Company, of San Francisco. These cars are ableto maintain a speed of 35 m.p.h. on the level, and contain bag-gage and smoking compartments. Each is equipped with fourGeneral Electric 70-motors and two 28-A controllers. West-inghouse straight air-brakes are installed with Nichols-Lin-tern pneumatic sanding devices. Wagenhals arc headlights
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north from Forestville through the Dry Creek Valley to Healds-burg and other prosperous towns on the Russian River. Abranch westward through Sonoma County, with the possibilityof eventually reaching the ocean, is also talked of. The present officers of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa RailwayCompany are: President, John A. McNear, of Petaluma; vice-president, W. F. Kelly, of Oakland; secretary, Thos. Archer;treasurer, Burke Corbett; general manager, E. E. Downs. Much credit for the successful constructionis due to Alfred D. Bowen, who also super-vised the early operation of the road. FIELDS VERSUS ARMATURES NEARESTTROLLEY BY JOSEPH ANDREWS STANDARD PASSENGER CAR ON THE PETALUMA & SANTA ROSA RAILWAY w ith roller-canvas screens are used, and all cars have standardpilots. A half-hour passenger service is operated at present,the cars being despatched by telephone with duplicate trainorders. The passenger rate charged is 2 cents a mile, with aminimum of 5 cents. The companys freight servi

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  • bookid:streetrailwayj261905newy
  • 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:27
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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