Julie gave me a set of very detailed and expanded copies of the Electric Railway Review article from Nov. 1907 announcing the delivery of two new cars to the AE&C, the 309 and 310.These are printed on pages about 12" x 18" and you have to see them to believe them. Unfortunately, my home scanner can't handle pages that size very well and these images aren't the best; I plan to find a better way to scan them. I'll update this post when I do. I've shrunk them to an effective size of 100 pixels per inch.
The only major change to the interior of the 309 was the removal of the International fare register system about 1920.
I've always been impressed by diagrams such as the one of the vestibule side door where all three dimensions are superimposed. The plan shows what must be a window shade box on the inside, which has disappeared. Also, the end doors originally had double panes; the inner one is long gone.
Great historical reference information here! IRM preservationists present and future are extremely lucky to have such great historical data. It is one thing to just have the physical object (309), but stuff like this makes the collection so much more valuable and historically complete.
ReplyDeleteJohn Csoka
IRM Western Division
It is hard to tell from the scan; however, is the globe not preseent in the smoking section? This question has come up in the past and this appears to be the final resolution.
ReplyDeleteKirk: The 309 had all three globes until the fire in 1971. The one in the main compartment nearer the smoker was destroyed. So there's no doubt as to what it should have.
ReplyDeleteThe Street Railway Review and the Electric Railway Review are all available online at www.archive.org. Put the title in the search box and select "Texts" to search. You can download them as PDF's. I have saved the whole series to CD's for research purposes.
ReplyDeleteQuite a few of the Later (after 1915) Street Railway Journals are available that way as well.