. Railway mechanical engineer . The Safety of Passengers in Steel Railway Cars* A Discussion of the Action of Cars in Accidentsand Methods Which Will Avoid Telescoping BY FRANK M. BRINCKERHOFF THE general adoption of steel in place of wood in theconstruction of passenger train cars some IS years agomarked a distinct advance in the art of car problems arose during the change, and many havebeen successfully met. The two most important problems. Wreck of a Derailed Chair Car Which Side Wiped a Stand-ing Locomotive To successfully defend the passenger space against invasion in sid
. Railway mechanical engineer . The Safety of Passengers in Steel Railway Cars* A Discussion of the Action of Cars in Accidentsand Methods Which Will Avoid Telescoping BY FRANK M. BRINCKERHOFF THE general adoption of steel in place of wood in theconstruction of passenger train cars some IS years agomarked a distinct advance in the art of car problems arose during the change, and many havebeen successfully met. The two most important problems. Wreck of a Derailed Chair Car Which Side Wiped a Stand-ing Locomotive To successfully defend the passenger space against invasion in side wipingcollisions and derailments, strong sideposts must extend from side sill toroof and all the side frame members must be co-ordinated to ward off thecolliding body. to be solved were and still are: safety of passengers andweight of complete car. That some steel passenger cars are heavier than thewooden ones which they displace in service, seems to be indi-cated by the significant fact that the adoption of steel pas-senger train cars was frequently accompanied or closely fol-lowed by the purchase of heavier locomotives to handle thenew passenger equipment. It is not the intention at this time to discuss the economicconsequences of the increased weight of steel passenger train *From a paper presented before the New York Railroad Club, March18, 1921. cars, though that aspect is, of course, very important. With regard to the problem of safety of pass
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