. The Street railway journal . ideby 55 ins. deep; height, from rail to draw-bar, 27 ins.; door, 19ins. X 55 ins. The capacity of the car is 6 cu. yds. This car was designed by the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufac-turing Company, of Columbus. 384 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. lo. NEW CARS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA REGION COMBINATION SWEEPER AND SPRINKLER The Tamaqua & Lansford Street Railway Company, withinthe last few weeks, has added four combination passenger andsmoking cars, built by the J. G. Brill Company, of cities of Tamaqua and Lansford are important points,situated in t
. The Street railway journal . ideby 55 ins. deep; height, from rail to draw-bar, 27 ins.; door, 19ins. X 55 ins. The capacity of the car is 6 cu. yds. This car was designed by the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufac-turing Company, of Columbus. 384 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. lo. NEW CARS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA REGION COMBINATION SWEEPER AND SPRINKLER The Tamaqua & Lansford Street Railway Company, withinthe last few weeks, has added four combination passenger andsmoking cars, built by the J. G. Brill Company, of cities of Tamaqua and Lansford are important points,situated in the heart of the anthracite region, a region whichhas a large and growing population and affording an excellentfield for operations on a large scale, which the street railwaycompany is not slow in developing. The line is about 20 mileslong, and is being extended 9 miles to Mauch Chunck, anotherbusy center. The cars make an imposing appearance with their steam-carroof, twin windows and straight sides. They are mounted on. PASSENGER COACH WITH SMOKING COMPARTMENT 27-G trucks, with a four-motor equipment, and are capable ofmaking 30 miles an hour. These trucks have spring link-sus-pended semi-elliptic equalizers, which, it is claimed, ride verysmoothly and take curves without shock or lurch, even withlarge and heavy car bodies. The general dimensions of thecars are: Length over end panels, 34 ft. 5 ins.; length overcrown pieces and vestibules, 43 ft. 10 ins.; width over sills, 8 ft. 4 ins.; bottom of sill over top of deck, 9 ft. 4Vl> ins.; and overtrolley board, 9 ft. ins. The side and end sills are 4^/2 ins. x 5 ins.; the center crossings, 4}^ ins. x 3^ 2 ins. The corner postsare 3-)4 ins. thick, and the side posts 3 ins. All the car lines,with the exception of those next the ends, have steel car linessandwiched between the wood. Between the compartmentsthere is a partition of hard wood, with windows and a singlesliding door. The smoking compartment is 11 ft. 10J 2 ins., andcon
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