. Electric railway review . e near the center of the body and another throughthe front vestibule. Car builders have spoken of this general design as beingof the Califoniia type car, but this nomenclature is thoughtto be inadvisedly used because the Tacoma type of car is not 734 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vnl XVIIl. Xo. IS. similar to those used in California. It will be rememberedthat the combination open and closed cars used in San Fran-cisco until the Chicago type was adopted had each end openand a closed body in the middle or were open in the middleand closed at each end, while the type of car
. Electric railway review . e near the center of the body and another throughthe front vestibule. Car builders have spoken of this general design as beingof the Califoniia type car, but this nomenclature is thoughtto be inadvisedly used because the Tacoma type of car is not 734 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vnl XVIIl. Xo. IS. similar to those used in California. It will be rememberedthat the combination open and closed cars used in San Fran-cisco until the Chicago type was adopted had each end openand a closed body in the middle or were open in the middleand closed at each end, while the type of car used in andabout Los Angeles is arranged similar to the Tacoma type as the accompanying plan, so that .the motorman is-entirely shutoff from the public; and yet the front end of the car is sobuilt that the dcors oyer the front steps may be operated bythe motorman and the i)ublic given free access to the frontend of the car. The mechanism for opening and closing thedcor in the side of the front vestibule is indicated by the. Tacoma Type Cars—Observation End of Parlor Car. regards the open and closed portions, yet has the steps placedat the ends. Some of the noteworthy features of Mr. Dimmocks newcar are its large aisles, high dashboard in the rear to kee|i Tacoma Type Cars—Interior of Parlor Car. letters A. B, C, D, on the plan view of the car which isincluded in the accompanying illustrations. It will easily berecognized that by the use of a front vestibule so arrangedihe motorman can greatly assist the conductor in shorten-
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