. The Street railway journal . connections. These gates aremade to fold against the body of the car. The windows of these cars are protected by a wire screen goingthe whole length of the body, a feaiure made necessary by the fact that the cars are necessarily wide andoperated where tracks are laid close together. , October, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. J. Q. BRILL CO. i PHILMDEL-RHIM,U. S. M. Car and Truck Builders. BUFFALO & NIAGARA FALLS CAHS. Tlie cars for tlie linlTalo & ^ara Falls Klectric Railway have attracted much attention m a varietyof ways. The fact that a large number of the
. The Street railway journal . connections. These gates aremade to fold against the body of the car. The windows of these cars are protected by a wire screen goingthe whole length of the body, a feaiure made necessary by the fact that the cars are necessarily wide andoperated where tracks are laid close together. , October, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. J. Q. BRILL CO. i PHILMDEL-RHIM,U. S. M. Car and Truck Builders. BUFFALO & NIAGARA FALLS CAHS. Tlie cars for tlie linlTalo & ^ara Falls Klectric Railway have attracted much attention m a varietyof ways. The fact that a large number of them are upon No. 27 trucks gave them interest becauseof their very remarkable ease of riding. The speed has been high and as the track has many .short curvesthe difficulties of making tiuick time were exceptionally great. The trucks which have .so .successfully carriedthe cars are illustrated upon another page. We present herewith a cut .showing the of the cars andanother giving a view of tlie St R y Journal. EXTERIOR OF BUFFALO & NIAGARA FALLS CAR. These cars are 29 ft. long and S ft. wide at the belt rails. Side sills of yellow pine 34}^ ins. X 64^ins. plated with in. X 5^ in. iron. Knd sills of oak. Framing of the .standard style of the Brill Companywhich in this style of car has a heavy plank at each side beneath the window rail, i -4 ins. X 9 ins. Thestringers, two in number, are 3^2 ins. Xs-^s ins. These run the entire length of the car. There is also aninside truss rod for holding the ends of the car up and the .sides of the car from giving out. There is alsoa tie rod for holding the corner posts and keeping the frame solid. The usual outside truss rod is also trimmings are of bronze throughout. The .seats are , rattan covered. There are ten on each
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