The street railway review (1891) (14761562075)

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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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I ^i- TEI-EPHONE INSULATORS. Storage portions of the terminal where there are several switchesfrom the ladder track to the parallel storage tracks small pavilionsshelter the sets of levers by which these switches are operated.The pipe rods connecting the levers in the pavilions with theswitch stands are mounted on concrete pedestals parallel with thetrack. Low switch stands with target lights are used. Willow Grove Park. Situated in Montgomery Co., 13 miles northward from the centerof the city and at the terminus of six lines of cars reaching it overthree separate routes, is the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Gos. Wil-low Grove Park. The limits of the park enclose an area of morethan 100 acres whose natural beauties, enhanced by many artisticallyconstructed buildings and much landscape gardening, make thispark an ideal outing place. The electric railway terminal for un-loading and loading the passengers to and from this park is worthy
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M \Nr,AXESE SPLIT SWnclI. GLEXSIDE TERMINAL. with the Pennsylvania Steel Gos. Z-bars which are bolted to therunning rails and spiked to the ties. The special work throughout this terminal was made by theLorain Steel Co. Manganese-steel T-rail spring switches are used,sections of which are shown in one of the line drawings. In thisthe section AA is 6 in. from the switch point; sections B and Bare 9 ft. 8 in. back and sections G and C are 20 ft. 6 in. back of thepoint. The tongues are of cast manganese steel of such shape thatthey serve not only as the T-rail split switch tongue but also furnisha guard throughout the length of the tongue. The casting of the of special note and is elsewhere described m connection with thenew Glenside route from the city limits to Willow Grove Park. The superior quality of the music offered the visitors at thepark is considered one of its chief attractions. This jear concertswere given by the following well-known musical organizations:Sousas Band, Herbert