. Electric railway journal . as follows: Length over bumpers 62 ft. 2 in. Length of baggage compartment 9 ft. Length of smoking compartment 15 ft. 11 in. Length of main passenger compartment 33 ft. 5 in. Length of central vestibule 3 ft. Side post centers 2 ft. 8 in. Extreme width 9 ft. Length between truck centers 39 ft. Truck wheelbase 7 ft. 3 in. Weight of car body 43,420 1b. Weight of trucks. 28,000 1b. Weight of electrical equipment. , 14,625 lb. Weight of air brakes 2,355 lb. Total weight complete 88,400 lb. Interior Arrangement and Equipment An. unusually broad seat is provided, since t
. Electric railway journal . as follows: Length over bumpers 62 ft. 2 in. Length of baggage compartment 9 ft. Length of smoking compartment 15 ft. 11 in. Length of main passenger compartment 33 ft. 5 in. Length of central vestibule 3 ft. Side post centers 2 ft. 8 in. Extreme width 9 ft. Length between truck centers 39 ft. Truck wheelbase 7 ft. 3 in. Weight of car body 43,420 1b. Weight of trucks. 28,000 1b. Weight of electrical equipment. , 14,625 lb. Weight of air brakes 2,355 lb. Total weight complete 88,400 lb. Interior Arrangement and Equipment An. unusually broad seat is provided, since the widthof aisle is 22 in. and the over-all width of the car 9 seats are of the reversible type in both the stand-ard type cars and the observation car, excepting, ofcourse, the stationary seats at the ends of both com-partments and two folding seats that are located inthe baggage compartment. The latter compartmentserves to separate the motorman from the body of thecar and no cab is provided at that end. On the three. JAMESTOWN CARS INTERIOR VIEW OF PASSENGER COMPART-MENT, SHOWING FULLY GLAZED MOTORMANS COMPART-MENT IN RIGHT-HAND CORNER standard type cars, however, a cab is installed at theopposite end of the car in the main passenger compart-ment, since these three cars normally operate in bothdirections. The cab, it may be said, is provided withglazed doors, giving entrance into the passenger com-partment and also to the outside of the car, and it hasa large stationary sash in the back wall, permitting afull view ahead by passengers in the compartmentbehind the cab. As before mentioned, the vestibule is 3 ft. in lengthand extends across the entire width of the car, beingprovided with trapdoors and steps at both sides. Thebulkheads on either side of the vestibule are made ofmahogany iy8 in. thick, with flush panels, and they areprovided with single swinging doors and with glazedstationary sash on either side of the swinging same provision for observation in e
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