Popular science monthly . Above, the automobile enginemounted in its accustomedposition. At right, the rail-way car with the low-slungbody on car-wheels. Thereis enough room in the ton-neau for twenty people, be-sides the chauffeur-motorman FOR the transportation of passengersup Mount Tamalpais in Californiaa number of automobile railway carsof unique design have been devised. Theears arc proi)elled by a sixty-horsepower,water-cooled engine, and there is roomin the spacious tonneau for twenty pco-Ile, in addition to the driver. The chassis, which is of sjjecial design,is mounted on railwav car
Popular science monthly . Above, the automobile enginemounted in its accustomedposition. At right, the rail-way car with the low-slungbody on car-wheels. Thereis enough room in the ton-neau for twenty people, be-sides the chauffeur-motorman FOR the transportation of passengersup Mount Tamalpais in Californiaa number of automobile railway carsof unique design have been devised. Theears arc proi)elled by a sixty-horsepower,water-cooled engine, and there is roomin the spacious tonneau for twenty pco-Ile, in addition to the driver. The chassis, which is of sjjecial design,is mounted on railwav car-wheels form- ing four trucks in all. A special gear-reducing mechanism cuts the speed ofthe engine down to where it is mostefficient for climbing steep mountaingrades. The seats arc upholsteretl simi-lar to those in railway cars, and every-lliing possilile has been done to caterto the c(jmfort of the passengers. It issaid that this method of transportationhas enjoyed great popularity. Experimenting with Liquid Fire.
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