. Electric railway journal . e of the car floor. The loca-tion of each item was selected after a careful estimateof the moments so that the complete installation wouldbalance around the longitudinal and transverse axes ofthe body. The small deflecting gutter over the entranceand exit doors was formed by setting a strip of poplarin a heavy coat of white lead on top of the canvas roof-ing. Usually this gutter is formed of metal set on the mum is obtained. This was especially true of the Chi-cago Railways cars which have a total height at thecenter of the car floor of 37 in. above the rail. Thehe
. Electric railway journal . e of the car floor. The loca-tion of each item was selected after a careful estimateof the moments so that the complete installation wouldbalance around the longitudinal and transverse axes ofthe body. The small deflecting gutter over the entranceand exit doors was formed by setting a strip of poplarin a heavy coat of white lead on top of the canvas roof-ing. Usually this gutter is formed of metal set on the mum is obtained. This was especially true of the Chi-cago Railways cars which have a total height at thecenter of the car floor of 37 in. above the rail. Theheight of the first step above the rail is 13 in. and thatto the platform is 11 in. A lOA-in. riser at thethreshold plate and a 2!2-in. ramp from the bulkheadto a point in the floor over the bolsters, a distance of5 ft., makes up this total height. The slight pitch ofthe ramp is scarcely noticeable to passengers enteringor leaving the car. To obtain this over-all dimension,it was also necessary for the mechanical department to. New Chicago Railways Car—Side View of Framing on Temporary Shop Trucks
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