. The street railway review . PIG. 1 ENGLISH BUILT CALIFORNIA CAR. hearing on the po-t. The windows in the body are the usualKnglish type, very large, and fitted with drapery curtains as wella- roller blinds. The platform steps are novelties. They areshown on a larger scale in Fig. 2. This design is evidently forcedupon the construction by the narrowness of the body and thelimited space available. The height of the body made two steps necessary. The lowerone had to he cut away lo make room for the truck to swing oncurves. The width was limited to such a degree that the steps had to beplaced ve
. The street railway review . PIG. 1 ENGLISH BUILT CALIFORNIA CAR. hearing on the po-t. The windows in the body are the usualKnglish type, very large, and fitted with drapery curtains as wella- roller blinds. The platform steps are novelties. They areshown on a larger scale in Fig. 2. This design is evidently forcedupon the construction by the narrowness of the body and thelimited space available. The height of the body made two steps necessary. The lowerone had to he cut away lo make room for the truck to swing oncurves. The width was limited to such a degree that the steps had to beplaced vertically one above the other. To give standing room onthe lower step the upper on, 1- cut away in the center. The designis ingenious, hut it is not one which would he adapted except under. FIG. J A R u \ N1. E M E N T I !■ sT EPS, tl pul 1 t circumstano . [he platf 1 or open ends 1 - littli 01 no protection, curtains closi the openings next the ear body, but thej Onl) lo the seat level. The seat ne] 1 curved in such a way as to make it impossible tobring the curtains lower. The car as a whole is an instructivi of the 1 .iii in 1 di ign lifii d to meet thi n ml ol the liieli li Innate, and the 1 eipiireinent s of a narrow gage minimi space m tie treet limit- both width and length. in i. unatel] ii 1 ar designei 1 but lew cities in which unlimited 1 1 rolling tock cannol be obb id. On the 1 1, however, il is 1 inttsual i have a limiting M idlll I 7 I! I I lo Hi. with. 1 he \\ heeling 1 W. Va.) fraction Co on 1 li tobei 1 il I gar running cat on I u Wheeling 8 Western Ry, to Pa coe, tout di I ml i i thai daj 1 pi 1, ovei part of a 16 nub on to Si I laii •■ ill 11. from ill. 1 1 1. rminu i B 0 i- i 1 ion 1 i 1:1 li 1 11 ()ne of li 1 W 1 lot I ,111.
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