. The street railway review . f covering and canvas side covers which extend only to thehand rail. The car being intended for use in pleasant weather only,the idea of enclosing the upper deck, or what is properly a secondcar body, was not considered. Mr ol Liverpool, and is referred to at some length m of the Liverpool cars. The disadvantage is the extracost of maintenance and possibly the extra cost of power, which maybe due to the greater wind resistance of the upper deck. We desire to express our appreciation of the courtesies shownby the tramway authorities of the v
. The street railway review . f covering and canvas side covers which extend only to thehand rail. The car being intended for use in pleasant weather only,the idea of enclosing the upper deck, or what is properly a secondcar body, was not considered. Mr ol Liverpool, and is referred to at some length m of the Liverpool cars. The disadvantage is the extracost of maintenance and possibly the extra cost of power, which maybe due to the greater wind resistance of the upper deck. We desire to express our appreciation of the courtesies shownby the tramway authorities of the various municipalities whosedouble deck cars ,ire illustrated herewith. GLASGOW. Tlie of the Glasgow Corporation Tramways ba»been experimenting with top covers of different types which weare enabled to illustrate by courtesy of Mr. John Young, who untillast month, when he resigned to go with the Verkes lines in London,was general manager at Glasgow. Fixed Roof Type.—The roof of this top cover is fixed; that is,. GLASGOW lAR WITH iUENINX KOOF—CLOSEU. Doubtless to the majority of American readers the double deckcar in its simplest form appears impracticable and the cover for anupper deck may be considered as a device which makes a bad matterworse. In Great Britain, however, the covering of the upper deckhas proved to be a very (.opular step and a great many systems be-sides those whose cars arc described in this article have orderedtop coverings or arc experimenting with various designs. There seems to be a tendency to carry this matter to extremesand top covers are in use on tram cars operated over roads of only3 ft. 6 in. gage. Ilie end view of such a vehicle shows a structureof most unmechanical appearance, the immense height being out ofall proportion to the width, and the car appears as if it might easilybe overturned were it to cncounler a moderate wind on a piece oftrack that was not in perfect condition. The principal argument in favor of the top covered
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