. Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition . Fig. 173. — Sketch of Parabolic Movable Vestibule. standard vestibule attached at the rear, while the movable vesti-bule at the front is that of the parabolic form, a sketch ofwhich is shown in Fig. 173. This constituted the original carbody and vestibule which were built for the Commission by theJ. G. Brill Company. While the car body and rear vestibulewere of standard construction, the parabolic vestibule wasspecially designed and constructed by the Brill Company, inaccordance with prelim
. Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition . Fig. 173. — Sketch of Parabolic Movable Vestibule. standard vestibule attached at the rear, while the movable vesti-bule at the front is that of the parabolic form, a sketch ofwhich is shown in Fig. 173. This constituted the original carbody and vestibule which were built for the Commission by theJ. G. Brill Company. While the car body and rear vestibulewere of standard construction, the parabolic vestibule wasspecially designed and constructed by the Brill Company, inaccordance with preliminary sketches furnished by the Execu-tive Committee. The vestibule proper was of sheet steelmounted on a steel framework, the hood being similar to thestandard form of construction, excepting that it had to be spe- 498 ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST COMMISSION. THE TEST CAR [LOUISIANA 499 cially designed to fit the parabolic vestibule. The hood formeda part of the movable vestibule, the latter being swung on sup-ports projecting from the front of the car body, as described else-where in this chapter. The sign show^n in the photograph of the car gives a list of theprincipal cooperating and reads as follows: Pkixcipal Cooperating CompaniesIndiana Union Traction Company J. G. Brill Company-Pressed Steel Car CompanyNational Electric CompanyFairbanks, Morse & CompanyWestinghouse E. and M. Company Baldwin Locomotive Works Weston Electrical Instrument Com-pany Chapman Double-Ball Bearing Com-pany Fig. 174 shows the car equipped with the parabohc wedgevestibule used in Test No. 58. The general construction doesnot differ from that shown in Fig. 172, excepting in the form of
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