. The street railway review . aredevoted exclusively to this service. The interior is. NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY S BICVCLE CAR—BROOKLYN HEIGHTSRAILROAD. shown in the accompanying illustration. The sidesare provided with a series of racks for holding thewheels. The roads from Brooklyn to Jamaica arepaved with granite blocks or cobble stones and the rideover them was suftlcient to spoil much of the pleasure inriding upon the smooth macadam beyond. THIRD RAIL AT NANTASKET. Although the track near Nantasket Junction on theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, whichhas recently been equipped with
. The street railway review . aredevoted exclusively to this service. The interior is. NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY S BICVCLE CAR—BROOKLYN HEIGHTSRAILROAD. shown in the accompanying illustration. The sidesare provided with a series of racks for holding thewheels. The roads from Brooklyn to Jamaica arepaved with granite blocks or cobble stones and the rideover them was suftlcient to spoil much of the pleasure inriding upon the smooth macadam beyond. THIRD RAIL AT NANTASKET. Although the track near Nantasket Junction on theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, whichhas recently been equipped with the third rail electricsystem, is not as has often been said of late, the first surface road to beequipped with a thirdrail, it is neverthelessof a good deal of in-terest at the presenttime when steam roadsare looking into elec-tric methods for sub-urban service. Oneof the earliest com-mercial electric railways ever built—that at Portrush,Ireland,—-has a third rail, supplied at a pressure of 500volts, and has worked successfully for many years. In
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