. Electric railway journal . Plan of Montreal Single-Truck Car Platforms, Remodeledfor Pay-As-You-Enter Service from a distance. This is the method used by the MontrealStreet Railway to designate all of its pay-as-you-entercars. Thus far 20 of the single-truck cars with 5-ft. platforms have been placed in service,and their success has been so marked that the manage-ment has decided to rebuild all of the single-truck carsnow in service for pay-as-you-enter operation as rapidlyas they can be withdrawn and shopped without curtailingthe equipment required for daily service. T
. Electric railway journal . Plan of Montreal Single-Truck Car Platforms, Remodeledfor Pay-As-You-Enter Service from a distance. This is the method used by the MontrealStreet Railway to designate all of its pay-as-you-entercars. Thus far 20 of the single-truck cars with 5-ft. platforms have been placed in service,and their success has been so marked that the manage-ment has decided to rebuild all of the single-truck carsnow in service for pay-as-you-enter operation as rapidlyas they can be withdrawn and shopped without curtailingthe equipment required for daily service. They are the. Rear Platform of Rebuilt Montreal Single-Truck Car first single-truck cars of this type thus far placed in opera-tion either in the United States or Canada. When thefirst cars were rebuilt it was anticipated that the 5-ft. might be too short to handle to advantage alarge number of passengers at a time, but no difficulty hasbeen experienced whatever and the cars have been able tomaintain the same schedule as the large double-truck pay- Montreal Single-Truck Car as Rebuilt for Pay-As-You-Enter Service The work of rebuilding the cars was done by the mechan-ical department of the Montreal Street Railway Companyin the Hochelaga shops under the supervision of the Pay-as-you-enter Car Corporation. MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION The regular meeting of the Massachusetts Street Rail-way Association was held at Youngs Hotel, Boston, onthe evening of Feb. 10. The address of the occasion wasgiven by John R. Graham, president of the Bangor Rail-way & Electric Company, o
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