. American engineer and railroad journal . pening off the vestibuleand preferably separable therefrom, and a roof compartmentwith seats so arranged as to utilize all the available space with-out interfering with the comfort of the passengers or subjecting preferred construction aretwo in number, each locatedsubstantially in the plane ofthe sides of the car, andeach stairway being locatedcentrally of the length ofthe vestibule and havingcommon steps at the bot-tom and branching towardtheir tops into two flights,which flights land the pas-sengers facing toward theends of the car and at fourpoint
. American engineer and railroad journal . pening off the vestibuleand preferably separable therefrom, and a roof compartmentwith seats so arranged as to utilize all the available space with-out interfering with the comfort of the passengers or subjecting preferred construction aretwo in number, each locatedsubstantially in the plane ofthe sides of the car, andeach stairway being locatedcentrally of the length ofthe vestibule and havingcommon steps at the bot-tom and branching towardtheir tops into two flights,which flights land the pas-sengers facing toward theends of the car and at fourpoints upon the roof, sothat four passengers mayenter or leave the stairwaysat the same time. Thereare thus provided two sep-arated or divided centralentrances upon each side of the car, and the car may be thusrapidly filled or unloaded without confusion or delay. Where the upper deck seats are not required, they may beomitted, and an ordinary roof used, with only the drivers cab J^-*o:q <— r^-;^-i I rr^ ^ ^ r f^»» fK-w fvr^ 1^^ ifT^ 1^. projecting above it, as shown on a smale scale in fig. 5. Thisplan of car is especially adapted for electric and cable lines. Some Compound Locomotive Patents. We give below two new patents recently issued for improve-ments in compound locomotives, or for new devices intendedto increase the efficiency of that type of engine. princes compound locomotive. This invention, for which patent No. 480,781 has been issuedto Samuel F. Prince, Jr., Superintendent of Motive Power ofthe Long Island Railroad, is shown in figs, i, 2, 3 and I is a side elevation showing the cylinders in section on 524 ^THE RAILROAD AND [November, 1S92. line X X, fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an end view of the 3 is a sectional view taken on line x i v, fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa separate view of the cylindrical frame-section. The high-pressure cylinder £>- and low-pressure cylinder £>are represented as cast in one piece Z), in whic^ is also formed
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