Light weight, reduced noise, attractive appearance and easy riding sought by three competing car builders who submitted sample cars to Grand Rapids Ry.; truck designs include many novelties; inside journals, roller bearings and fabric-lined clasp brakes used on all three designs. May 9 n 19 p 721-725: Describes car built by Light-Weight Noiseless Elec. Street Car Co. May 16 n 20 p 767-770: Car built by J. G. Brill Co. and its G. C. Kuhlman plant. May 23 n 21 pp. 807-811: Car built by St. Louis Car Co. See also Elec. Traction, vol. 21, no. 5, May 1925, pp. 221-227, 4 figs.
Many innovations in Grand Rapids cars
Elec. Ry. Jl
Electric Railway Journal ; 65 , n 19-21
1925
4 Figs.
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English
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