. The Street railway journal . ing car, for instance, re-moves its trolley and the other passes without delay. ♦♦♦ Home-Made Parlor Car The equipment of the Concord, Maynard & Hudson RailwayCompany includes a handsome parlor car, which is in constantdemand for theater parties and excursionists who desire to makea trip over its lines and enjoy the natural beauties of that scenery in this part of New England is unsurpassed, and theride over the companys line forms a very popular trip, as it passesa number of historical houses and points of interest. A pictureof the car, which is now
. The Street railway journal . ing car, for instance, re-moves its trolley and the other passes without delay. ♦♦♦ Home-Made Parlor Car The equipment of the Concord, Maynard & Hudson RailwayCompany includes a handsome parlor car, which is in constantdemand for theater parties and excursionists who desire to makea trip over its lines and enjoy the natural beauties of that scenery in this part of New England is unsurpassed, and theride over the companys line forms a very popular trip, as it passesa number of historical houses and points of interest. A pictureof the car, which is now in operation, is presented herewith, to-gether with an interior view, which shows the decorations and furnishings of this handsomely fitted coach. This car is particu-larly interesting, as it is the first of three special cars to be turnedout from the companys shops under the personal direction ofJohn W. Ogden, superintendent of the system. At the presenttime there are two more cars of the same type going through the. INTERIOR OF CONCORD PARLOR CAR shops, and these are being hurried to completion because of thedemand which has been created by the operation of the first car. The company had six cars which were originally built for astorage battery road, but which were never put into cars were spliced so as to make three trolley cars, 40 all. As the entire frame work, including sills, cross timbersand studding, was of extra heavy construction, it was an easymatter to rebuild them into a substantial structure. One end ofeach battery car was taken out to a point about 3 ins. above thedoor, and the end was arched, as may be noticed in the interiorview. The advantage of this plan was in preserving the frame ofeach car intact and making the whole structure particularly strongwhen bolted together. After joining these parts they were rein-forced by 6 in. x 8-in. Southern pine timber, extending the whole
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