The Safety Car Application & Equipment / Westinghouse & G.E.

Description: The Safety Car Application & Equipment Westinghouse & G.E. This is an unopened BRAND NEW BOOK (not used). We handle all books with white gloves (no fingerprints on your book). A Railroad Bookmark is included with each book. Book is wrapped and mailed in a top-quality, durable package. We try hard to be the NUMBER 1 Railroad Book Dealer on ebay with 2,000+ titles. Order before 3:00 pm (ET) for same-day postal mailing.In the 1910s and 1920s, economic pressures and the rise of the motorbus produced dramatic changes in the streetcar industry. A promising solution to ensure profitability was the introduction of the so-called Safety Car designed by Stone and Webster Corp. engineer Charles O. Birney. This type of small trolley featured several innovations, including deadman controls that automatically cut power to the motors and applied brakes in an emergency. The main attraction for transit companies however was the fact that the cars' design allowed a man to both run the car and take fares. The elimination of the conductor without any apparent compromise in safety sold the public on the cars and produced an immediate cost savings. This high quality booklet is a reprint of two brochures originally produced by: * Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. * General Electric to promote these efficient streetcars.Softbound, 8x10, 60 pages, numerous illustrations & photos. Visit our ebay store to view other books of interest. We add new books regularly so check back often. We sell books: Railroad, Aviation, and Modeling books of the Golden Age Era. WE PACKAGE OUR BOOKS EXTREMELY WELL SO THE BOOK WILL NOT BE DAMAGED IN THE MAIL. No one packages books better than we do.

Price: 16.19 USD

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

End Time: 2024-02-05T17:07:51.000Z

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