. The Street railway journal . THREE TYPES OF LONG CARS The accompanying engravings show three types of long carsrecently built by the St. Louis Car Company for different sec-. FIG. 3.—MASSACHUSFTTS ELECTRIC SEMI-CONVERTIBLE TYPE tions of the country. They illustrate the modern tendencytoward a straight-sided car of dimensions approximating thoseof steam railroad cars but possessing minor differences depend- 37 trucks. FIG. 2.—.SEAII-CONVERTIULE CAR FOR KANSAS CITY The car is fitted with twenty-six seats with extra high roll-topbacks upholstered in green plush and is mounted on Brill-27trucks.


. The Street railway journal . THREE TYPES OF LONG CARS The accompanying engravings show three types of long carsrecently built by the St. Louis Car Company for different sec-. FIG. 3.—MASSACHUSFTTS ELECTRIC SEMI-CONVERTIBLE TYPE tions of the country. They illustrate the modern tendencytoward a straight-sided car of dimensions approximating thoseof steam railroad cars but possessing minor differences depend- 37 trucks. FIG. 2.—.SEAII-CONVERTIULE CAR FOR KANSAS CITY The car is fitted with twenty-six seats with extra high roll-topbacks upholstered in green plush and is mounted on Brill-27trucks. The second engraving shows a car recently built for theMetropolitan Street Railway Company, of Kansas City, and isof the semi-convertible type. The main dimensions of thiscar are : Length of body, 30 ft. 7 ins.;length over all, 42 ft. i in.; width overlicit rails, 8 ft. 6 ins.; height of car body,y ft. 8 ins. The interior finish of thiscar is in white oak, and it is equippedwith twenty-two walk-over cars of this type have re-cently been shipped to Kansas City. Fig. 3 shows a car not greatly differ-ing in general construction from thatjust describe


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