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New York City, Brill 4-axle motor car # 20
  New York City Brill 4-axle motor car # 20 
Electric Railway Journal, volume 75, number 3, page 153.

Posted by AlexSan · Odesa           Date: 1931

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Published 31.01.2016 19:23 MSK
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New York City, Brill 4-axle motor car # 20

Location:Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:Eighth Avenue Railroad
Since...:01.08.1919
Model:Brill 4-axle motor car
Built:1899
Current state:Withdrawn
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:1.08.1919 ex New York Rys., 1862; 31.12.1911 ex Metropolitan St. Ry.
Closed 28' body. Trucks: Brill 22.

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31.01.2016 20:19 MSK
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AlexSan · Odesa
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В порядке эксперимента, крыша вагона покрыта алюминиевой фольгой. Поскольку линии компании 8th & 9th Avenues Railroad проходили под надземкой 9-й авеню, крыши трамвайных вагонов постоянно пачкались смазкой, капающей сверху. Алюминиевая фольга должна была облегчить очистку в депо.
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