. Electric railway journal . KANSAS CITY CAR—GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF SINGLE-END, DOUBLE-TRUCK MOTOR CAR r<-Eleetrie Rejourned door is to be of sliding type with step folding up. Nearthe exit doors the passengers on the end seats are tobe protected from drafts of cold air by a light-weightbulkhead of shoulder height. To obtain quick loading, the rear doors are to beopened by one lever, and the hand rail on the rear plat-form will be shortened to give a space of 21 in. in theclear between the post dividing the entrance and exitdoors and the hand rail. As the movement during rushhours is genera
. Electric railway journal . KANSAS CITY CAR—GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF SINGLE-END, DOUBLE-TRUCK MOTOR CAR r<-Eleetrie Rejourned door is to be of sliding type with step folding up. Nearthe exit doors the passengers on the end seats are tobe protected from drafts of cold air by a light-weightbulkhead of shoulder height. To obtain quick loading, the rear doors are to beopened by one lever, and the hand rail on the rear plat-form will be shortened to give a space of 21 in. in theclear between the post dividing the entrance and exitdoors and the hand rail. As the movement during rushhours is generally in one direction, the arrangement topermit the passengers to use both the rear doors at thesame time will make it possible to use the rear platformspace most effectively. There will be no grab handleson the exterior of the car, and as the steps are foldingthe car is practically hitch proof. The stanchions in the front end of the car are to be. KANSAS CITY CAR—STEEL UNDERFRAME FOR SINGLE-END, DOUBLE-TRUCK MOTOR CAR interests on the board of control. The new equipmentwill have the following general dimensions: Length over body corner posts 29 ft. 10 in. Length over bumpers 44 ft. 10 in. Width over all at widest point 8 ft. 8 in. Width of aisle 28% in. Center to center of side posts 29% in. Height from the top of the rail to the top of the trol-ley board 11 ft. 6% in. Truck centers 19 ft. 7 in. Diameter of wheels 30 in WTieelbase of truck 6 ft. Truck gage 4 ft. 8 % in. Step heights: Rail to top of first step 13 in. First step to platform floor 11 in. Ramp in platform floor 2 % in. Platform floor to body floor 8 in. Ramp in car-body floor 2% in. Height of top of body floor above top of rail 37 in. Entrance width in the clear 32 in. Rear exit width in the clear 28% in. Front exit width in the clear 27% in. May 1, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 851 set out from the seats approximately to the knee line,so that they will in no wa
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