. Electric railway journal . being used on all steps, which are made of iy2-in. birch. The car interiors are lighted by five 23-watt tungstenincandescent lamps, and in the reconstruction workthese lamps have been fitted with Ivanhoe-Regentshades. In addition, the interior lighting has beengreatly improved by applying a coat of white enamelpaint to the vestibule ceiling and to the ceiling of thecar body proper, including the headlining. Also two23-watt lamps are installed side by side in the vesti-bules, and these greatly facilitate alighting and board-ing at night. They are mounted directly in
. Electric railway journal . being used on all steps, which are made of iy2-in. birch. The car interiors are lighted by five 23-watt tungstenincandescent lamps, and in the reconstruction workthese lamps have been fitted with Ivanhoe-Regentshades. In addition, the interior lighting has beengreatly improved by applying a coat of white enamelpaint to the vestibule ceiling and to the ceiling of thecar body proper, including the headlining. Also two23-watt lamps are installed side by side in the vesti-bules, and these greatly facilitate alighting and board-ing at night. They are mounted directly in line withthe passageway from the car interior to the vestibule. An improvement in effect on all the reconstructedcars is the provision of a motormans curtain of stripedcanvas in each vestibule. On the 20-ft. cars the cur-tain occupies about two-thirds of the width of the vesti-bule when in service, at other times being folded backat the side and held in place by straps. The curtains. KEMODELED PORTLAND CARS—LONG-PLATFORM, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND AS CHANGED FOR PAY-WITHIN OPERATION 108 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 3 are hung on rings carried on a %-in. curved rod, andthey terminate at a height of 4 ft. above the floor, thuseconomizing in material and making their use moreconvenient for the motorman. All cars are either retouched or repainted beforebeing placed in service, and the work includes the neces-sary lettering for prepayment operation as well aspainting to improve the diffusion of light within thecar body. Among the illustrations are views showing the vesti-bule of one of the double-truck, 28-ft. body cars andthe vestibule of one of the semi-convertible cars beforealteration. The removal of the bulkheads in these twotypes is complete, as before stated, and although noneof the 28-ft. longitudinal-seat cars has been finishedat this time, the interior view of the altered semi-con-vertible car gives an excellent idea of the
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