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. Electric railway review . Long Single-Truck Cars Without Monitors—Floor Plan of CarNo. 14. Showing Arrangement of Vestibule Doors. note that without the monitor deck they claim a saving ofabout 1,200 pounds weight as well as the expense. Withoutdoubt they get better ventilation and more room for theheadlight in the proper place in permanent form. Now, whocan say that the car does not, from a railroad (not a bus)standpoint, look better and much more businesslike than onewith a monitor? There are a few points, however, that I would change:(1) I would put the ventilation above each window with
. Electric railway review . Long Single-Truck Cars Without Monitors—Floor Plan of CarNo. 14. Showing Arrangement of Vestibule Doors. note that without the monitor deck they claim a saving ofabout 1,200 pounds weight as well as the expense. Withoutdoubt they get better ventilation and more room for theheadlight in the proper place in permanent form. Now, whocan say that the car does not, from a railroad (not a bus)standpoint, look better and much more businesslike than onewith a monitor? There are a few points, however, that I would change:(1) I would put the ventilation above each window with ashutter like a stove draft, so that it might be handled byeach passenger to his liking the same as in Europe. (2) Iwould put the register on the inside on a rod instead of a cord,so as to make it unlike the signal bell cord, thus preventing.
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