. Electric railway review . Aurora Elgin & Chicago Cars—Steel Underframing. illustration which shows an elevation and section of one ofthese doors it will be noted that the construction is of a verysubstantial type, comprising, in fact, two doors separated withfiller pieces and securely mounted, so that they may be sup-ported on one set of hinges. Inasmuch as the air pressure onthe door at the head end of the train is very severe at high are of the swinging type. The door between the main andsmoking compartments is hung on spring hinges which swingin either direction and the doors in the bulkh
. Electric railway review . Aurora Elgin & Chicago Cars—Steel Underframing. illustration which shows an elevation and section of one ofthese doors it will be noted that the construction is of a verysubstantial type, comprising, in fact, two doors separated withfiller pieces and securely mounted, so that they may be sup-ported on one set of hinges. Inasmuch as the air pressure onthe door at the head end of the train is very severe at high are of the swinging type. The door between the main andsmoking compartments is hung on spring hinges which swingin either direction and the doors in the bulkheads swing in-ward against a stop in front of the longitudinal seats. The lighting facilities of the car include frosted bulbs inornamental husks over each of the seats, dome lights in the. Aurora Elgin & Chicago Cars—Interior Side and End Finish. speeds, this solid type is demanded. When closed the endvestibule doers are fastened with wedge locks having longhandles. The vestibule side doors are also of interesting construc-tion. In train operation it greatly facilitates matters if themotorman can extend his head and shoulder out of the sidedoor so that he can observe signals from the conductors. To vestibules and three 5-light clusters concealed by invertedholophane bowls. The interior of the cars is divided by a bulkhead into amain and smoking compartment with an esi>ecially well-fin-ished toilet room built against the partition. There are 22Hale & Kilburn Xo. 197 walkover seats in the car. supple-mented with four longitudinal stationary seats and three cross 784 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 20.
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