. The Street railway journal . FORT WORTH CONVERTIBLE CAR, OPEN iron, and by angle-iron center knees which extend well backof the body bolsters. An automatic device controls the move-ment of the vestibule doors, preventing them from striking thedividing rail. The vestibule sashes are composed of singlelights, and are arranged to drop into pockets. The sashes andpanels of the car are raised into roof pockets when not in seats for three persons each are provided by extendingthe fixed panels from the double corner posts to the first sideposts. The seats are of the step-over type, and p
. The Street railway journal . FORT WORTH CONVERTIBLE CAR, OPEN iron, and by angle-iron center knees which extend well backof the body bolsters. An automatic device controls the move-ment of the vestibule doors, preventing them from striking thedividing rail. The vestibule sashes are composed of singlelights, and are arranged to drop into pockets. The sashes andpanels of the car are raised into roof pockets when not in seats for three persons each are provided by extendingthe fixed panels from the double corner posts to the first sideposts. The seats are of the step-over type, and provided withbrackets between the backs and the side posts, which serve asgrab handles, making it unnecessary to use grab handles on theoutside of the posts. The seating accommodation is providedfor thirty-six passengers. The guard rails slide on guides on. INTERIOR OF IORT WORTH CONVERTIBLE CAR the inside of the posts, and may be seen in the interior view ina lowered position. A pleasing effect is obtained for the roofby a recessed dome, in which the incandescent lights are ventilators are arched and the general style is birch veneer, neatly decorated with gold, comprises theheadlining, and the interior finish is of cherry, natural is the first lot of convertible cars-to be built with steamcar roofs and semi-empire treatment of deck. The cars are 25 ft. 9 ins. long over the end panels, and 36 ins. over the crown pieces; width over the sills and sill plates,7 ft. 9% ins., and over the posts at the belt, 8 ft. 4 ins.; sweepof the posts, 2>y& ins-! distance between the centers of the posts,2 ft. 7 ins.; thickness of the corner posts, 2>ZA m$-> and of theside posts, 3^ ins. The side sills are 4^4 ins- x 6^4 ins., and the end sills the same size. The sill plates are on the outsideand ar
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