. Electric railway journal . ded passenger,baggage and smoking compartments. The baggage spaceis located at the front end of the car adjoining the motor-mans cab because this position affords an additional factorof safety to passengers in case of accident and because themotorman attends to loading and unloading baggage at thestation stops. The smoking compartment adjoins the bag- variations in exterior and interior car temperatures. Thishas been overcome in the present design by the employ-ment of a compressed cork filler for the sides and necessity for a floor in the passenger compar
. Electric railway journal . ded passenger,baggage and smoking compartments. The baggage spaceis located at the front end of the car adjoining the motor-mans cab because this position affords an additional factorof safety to passengers in case of accident and because themotorman attends to loading and unloading baggage at thestation stops. The smoking compartment adjoins the bag- variations in exterior and interior car temperatures. Thishas been overcome in the present design by the employ-ment of a compressed cork filler for the sides and necessity for a floor in the passenger compartmentswhich would not only be fireproof and resist abrasive ac-tion but would also be resilient, non-conducting and resist-ant to the action of moisture was met by the use of Chan-narch steel flooring filled with Flexolith composition. Overthis a wearing surface of /4-in. Agasote was laid, the sur-face in the aisle being depressed to admit the installationof a wearproof mat. The eeneral dimensions and weights are as follows:.
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