Radio Shack is selling off the cars from its private subway system, which used to run under its Fort Worth headquarters. Bidding opens at $5000.
Inside height 79". Seating capacity 44 extending down both walls of car. Maximum capacity 100 including leather hand strips suspended from sealing for standing passengers. Seats are 18" deep, covered in a Red plush fabric with buttons on the back. The seats have a rolled pleat in them for an added richness. The walls and ceiling are covered in heavy textured Red vinyl. Flooring covered with thick black rubber tile with white marbling. 30 modern interior light fixtures using a 600 Volt Circuit. The mechanical end has most of the control switches for the interior of the trolley car. The trolley car has two sets of pedals on each end. The mechanical end has an accelerator pedal that is manually linked directly to the controller, for a smoother controlling start; a break pedal is mechanical linked to a cam controller that operators the air breaks, and a dead man pedal. A hand break is under the dash for parking break. The air end brake and dead man pedals are connected to the mechanical end with air pedals. The accelerator pedal is connected to the mechanical end by a shielded cable. Both ends have door switches, voltage gages, air gage and an emergency switch.
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