. The street railway review . nt engineers have examined the The Kimble Convertible Car. The accompanying illustration shows one view of a new convert-ible car which is manufactured by the A. Kimble Car & Truck Co., ofZanesville, O., and which possesses the merit of appearing as a per-fect open car when open, as well as a completely closed car whenclosed. Its transformation is brought about by means of removableparts, which are so arranged as to make it exceedingly easy to effectthe change. The car has practically a steel frame. A steel plate isset into the top of the posts at each side, the p
. The street railway review . nt engineers have examined the The Kimble Convertible Car. The accompanying illustration shows one view of a new convert-ible car which is manufactured by the A. Kimble Car & Truck Co., ofZanesville, O., and which possesses the merit of appearing as a per-fect open car when open, as well as a completely closed car whenclosed. Its transformation is brought about by means of removableparts, which are so arranged as to make it exceedingly easy to effectthe change. The car has practically a steel frame. A steel plate isset into the top of the posts at each side, the plate extending the fulllength of the car. The posts are of full size and are bolted throughthe sills to make the car perfectly rigid. Trust bars run on the topof the sills and are attached to the outer ends of the vestibule trucks are arranged to permit the car lo hang low, the bottomstep being 10 in. and the top step i in. The wheels arc 33 in. There is no dilTicully in lakins; mil or pntlins in panels or KlMni,K C(,|-. ;. The ruiniing boaril np and liils oiu. ami lln- riiiiimiK Imardbrackets, as well as the handles, can be taken olT very readily. .\san open car, a seat is put in each veslihule and Ihe shiut seals in-side the car at the ends are extended. Hie curtains are so arrangedthat they extend lo the floor for an open car and lo the windowsills for a closed car. This car can be changed from a winter to asiinnner car by two men in two hours. There is a case j/j ft. x y/2ft. X 8 ft. to hold Ihe panels, sash, doors and npholslcring, as wellas (he scats and seat backs. This case is mounted on wheels tomake it convenient to handle. 870 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIII, No. lo. A New Track Sander. I he rosilive Railway Sander Co., of Lancaster, Pa., lias placed onllie market a track sander for which is claimed a number of im-proved features. The two chief claims for the device arc that it is
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