. Electric railway review . uble endservice are equally simple. PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR IN CLEVELAND. The first pay-as-you-enter car to be operated in Clevelandwas placed in service last week by the Cleveland Electric Rail-way. The car was reconstructed from one of the companysstandard closed cars at the Lake View shops, and, in accord-ance with the standard practice in Cleveland, it is to be oper-ated from one end only. The car body is 30 feet long and theplatforms are each 8 feet long, making a length of 46 feetover all. The arrangement of the rear platform, as shown inthe engraving, is practic
. Electric railway review . uble endservice are equally simple. PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR IN CLEVELAND. The first pay-as-you-enter car to be operated in Clevelandwas placed in service last week by the Cleveland Electric Rail-way. The car was reconstructed from one of the companysstandard closed cars at the Lake View shops, and, in accord-ance with the standard practice in Cleveland, it is to be oper-ated from one end only. The car body is 30 feet long and theplatforms are each 8 feet long, making a length of 46 feetover all. The arrangement of the rear platform, as shown inthe engraving, is practically the same as on the pay-as-you-enter cars which have recently been placed in service in Chi-cago, Buffalo and New York. The front platform, however,shows several interesting improvements, designed by TerranceScullin, master mechanic of the Cleveland Electric Railway,which are shown in the accompanying plan. The front portion of the platform is partitioned off toform the motormans cab and has a sliding door in one of the. Cleveland Pay-As-You-Enter Car—Showing Arrangement ofRear Platform. sides of the partition which is provided with a catch on theinside so that passengers cannot interfere with the iron railing extending outward from the bulkhead sep-arates a space in which smokers may stand from the portionof the platform which is used by outgoing passengers. Thedoor from the car body to the platform folds against the ironrailing. The exit door, which is of the sliding type, is con-trolled by the motorman by means of a lever placed betweenthe hand brake staff and the engineers valve. This lever also controls the front exit step, which is dropped as the dooropens. A reverse movement closes the door and raises thestep, which is folded against the side of the vestibule, so thatpassengers will not attempt to board the car by means of thisdoor. On account of the length of the platforms it was necessaryto reinforce the sills of the car. On the blind side this wasdon
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