. The Street railway journal . ICKSTB OVER BODY 60ntLEKnHOVBRPI/irFOKAlS 67tWIDTH OVER POSTS LO Z wrtrm lusiot 9 t WIDTH Of UNDERTRAME 8It HEIGHT, RAH TO ROOF 13 FLOOR tZjTRUCK CENTRES 47 7JWHEBL RASE 6 6 DIAMETER OP WHEELS 3S I by pdssenoer3^, or a^jOoened & ^SteeV^fnKne t^rou^tiout with steel panels and Illinois Centralsteel flow Pneumatic tubes ondoor edtfes to prevent injuries ( BoironElevated procruje ) Automatic air couplers With automatic elecrrlc starting signal .train does not Stan tillevery door is satelu closed,and instant Warningcan be oiven or v^ndowa In walls and d
. The Street railway journal . ICKSTB OVER BODY 60ntLEKnHOVBRPI/irFOKAlS 67tWIDTH OVER POSTS LO Z wrtrm lusiot 9 t WIDTH Of UNDERTRAME 8It HEIGHT, RAH TO ROOF 13 FLOOR tZjTRUCK CENTRES 47 7JWHEBL RASE 6 6 DIAMETER OP WHEELS 3S I by pdssenoer3^, or a^jOoened & ^SteeV^fnKne t^rou^tiout with steel panels and Illinois Centralsteel flow Pneumatic tubes ondoor edtfes to prevent injuries ( BoironElevated procruje ) Automatic air couplers With automatic elecrrlc starting signal .train does not Stan tillevery door is satelu closed,and instant Warningcan be oiven or v^ndowa In walls and doors are lowered rrora the top _L_. VESTIBULED CAR SUGGESTED AS SUITABLE FOR SUBURBAN SERVICE CAPACITY, 120 ON AN ELECTRIFIED RAILROAD; TOTAL SEATING To review again the advantages of this type there is but onedoor valve or other operating device for a guard to handle inplace of two or more with other types. The guard has to lookin but one direction and is situated at the side of the car wherehe can see best along station platforms. Passengers are notconcentrated at two or more points to enter or leave cars, butare spread along at eight or nine points. This last raises thequestion, when it comes to cutting off a stream of people, whichis easier, to shove a door through a mass of people crowdingin at two points, or to shut doors slowly at a number of pointswhere there is no such concentration ? With the side-doortype there is plenty of time to shut the doors slowly and care-fully, and to empty station platforms more quickly and easily ,than with other cars. To illustrate the writers latest ideas as to a side-door car,the
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