. Electric railway journal . many a braking accident occurs just because there aretwo men on the car who are engaged in talk insteadof business—a sight common enough on the outlyingparts of a route. The air-brake cars have a passengersemergency pull-cord and valve for use if the operatorbecomes incapacitated. An objection made to the use of the altered carswas that the front doors were open on a non-bulkheadedcar in a temperature as low as 40 deg. Fahr. belowzero. As a matter of fact, nothing serious occurredbecause the rear end was always closed except for adoor which was opened only in emerg
. Electric railway journal . many a braking accident occurs just because there aretwo men on the car who are engaged in talk insteadof business—a sight common enough on the outlyingparts of a route. The air-brake cars have a passengersemergency pull-cord and valve for use if the operatorbecomes incapacitated. An objection made to the use of the altered carswas that the front doors were open on a non-bulkheadedcar in a temperature as low as 40 deg. Fahr. belowzero. As a matter of fact, nothing serious occurredbecause the rear end was always closed except for adoor which was opened only in emergencies or when in-spectors were helping off crowds, as at the annual , with the cars closed at one end, there were nodrafts, so the cars really were warmer than with therear platform in use. The inclosed rear is now usedas a smoking compartment, which is a popular is heated by a portion of the motor rheostat byenergy otherwise lost. September 28, 1918 Transportation Wins Wars No Less Than Generals 565. One-Man Cars Carried All These People An unusual combination of car lighting and ventila-tion control is being installed. In replacing the oldclusters by individual lamps wired with Crouse-Hindscondulets, the lamps are set close to the carline parti-tions (see page 566). With the light thus thrown down-ward, dazzle in the operators vestibule is avoided andno curtain is necessary. The partitions will be usedfor publicity purposes. A rod passing through thesepartitions enables the operator to control all the monitorsash with the exception of the pair nearest to he is able to control through the original mechan-ism. Whatever the reasons, one-man operators are doingless damage to special work and using less energy percai-mile for more travel than in the old days. Thusfor the period ended April 30, 1918, the cost of powerper car-mile was cents and for the same periodof 1917, cents. Objectors Were Won Over Of course, the general introduction
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