. Electrification project the Illinois Central Railroad Company suburban service at Chicago, Ill. . -stile at tlie ticket sellers window. Tho platfoms are raised to thelevel of the oar floor (4 ft. above rail), and are provided with sheltersand canopy roofs. South of Kensington, where main lino tracks are used,the platforma are at rail lovol and honoo egress from car is by means Jgreoa from car is by means of steps. At Randolph St., six tracks are served by three islandplatfoms admission to which is by moans of steps leading from anoverhead covered bridge spanning all the tracks. At Van Buren
. Electrification project the Illinois Central Railroad Company suburban service at Chicago, Ill. . -stile at tlie ticket sellers window. Tho platfoms are raised to thelevel of the oar floor (4 ft. above rail), and are provided with sheltersand canopy roofs. South of Kensington, where main lino tracks are used,the platforma are at rail lovol and honoo egress from car is by means Jgreoa from car is by means of steps. At Randolph St., six tracks are served by three islandplatfoms admission to which is by moans of steps leading from anoverhead covered bridge spanning all the tracks. At Van Buren St. asuburban station huo boon provided, comprising a station building 300ft. long and 60 ft. wide, as woll uo platforms aggregating about 1000ft. In length along each side of tracks 1 and 2. Ta7o trains con be loaded at once at Van Duron The main depot of the railroad ij Lets looal Bubiiibaa station Tjiit it of station platform is standard solrar- er-, ioe wi-:^c et 26fh )aupMn rark are supplied ich). .Ti8ai«;niseion ii rolts 60 cyol© 6 plase to tran res of the rear tark type tuiH 15x22 17:!. ^HM ■eetB of thfl tl=e required - distaacej vra leagth. In all .e tabulated. irnaoiceE agre© faii-ly iBults on the oaBia of 20,* adhesion. Kie obaej^/ijlerations are iiot continuei for aa^r length of tins, almost ixanedl— IB bttron Ti^aich ;i *^9 vate of accelera this notohii is ce(T-m ia about 17 is about the point of now-er of t ^ locor-otive. On not ho-^ao PO 900 for tie £ - & - 4 type. •6 fi-ona r^m of milee as perfonoc-d by pressut etes 2 - g « 4 loooKiotiv© baTilini-j tiaroo side door cars , and also reprecents fairly -?ell t: side door oara. over coad Bills 1^6 flco;/ oirs aiG atror^ly T?uilL. v cor-iplste steol : pi«*d oonpoBod q-: four longilnidinal 5 m21 It, I jano between two 9 .d sii; i&CO-n^L bracing and ^ssst pl&tes are tiBodo*^ -v. * 5fjia floor i:5 i/t- in. decJS: ^in;. ?iio sup
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