. The street railway review . , and has Stanwood steps. The car roof is afterthe style of a steam car roof, extending over the vesti-bule. To accommodate the bridge the car was restrictedin height to 10 feet 3 inches from top of rail to top oftrolley the other rails, bolted down so that crawling is impos-sible. The boiler is put crosswise the track to maintainwater level. The engine is highly geared, the crankshaft making 180 turns per minute. The car advances39 inches per second. The combination is provided with a compressed airbrake, a friction brake on crank-shaft, a friction brake
. The street railway review . , and has Stanwood steps. The car roof is afterthe style of a steam car roof, extending over the vesti-bule. To accommodate the bridge the car was restrictedin height to 10 feet 3 inches from top of rail to top oftrolley the other rails, bolted down so that crawling is impos-sible. The boiler is put crosswise the track to maintainwater level. The engine is highly geared, the crankshaft making 180 turns per minute. The car advances39 inches per second. The combination is provided with a compressed airbrake, a friction brake on crank-shaft, a friction brake onleadino- pinions, and an automatic band-brake on the up-per pinions when the speed exceeds meters a second. The carriages carry thirty-two persons, and the roadis three miles long with a single trip of hours. Theroad starts at 1,440 feet above the sea and reaches 6,790feet. Switches being impossible, movable sections oftrack not unlike a transfer table are used to pass the trains. The weight of the car and engine complete withthirty-five persons is 22,960, including 1,763 pounds ofwater and 770 pounds of coal. A SCORCH AT SHEBOYGAN. THE City Railway at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, werestill storing part of their car equipment in the oldcar shed, a
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