. Electric railway journal . tionRequirements New York State Railways Is Gradually Changing OverRolling Stock to Provide for More Efficient Pas-senger Interchange and Fare Collection—Latest Examples are Cited DURING more than four years just past the mechan-ical department of the New York State Railwayshas been carrying out a consistent program of remodel-ing the rolling stock used on the Rochester, Syracuse,Utica and Oneida lines. War and post-war conditionsinterfered with the continuity of the process, butremarkable results have been accomplished under thedirection of J. F. Uffert, superinte
. Electric railway journal . tionRequirements New York State Railways Is Gradually Changing OverRolling Stock to Provide for More Efficient Pas-senger Interchange and Fare Collection—Latest Examples are Cited DURING more than four years just past the mechan-ical department of the New York State Railwayshas been carrying out a consistent program of remodel-ing the rolling stock used on the Rochester, Syracuse,Utica and Oneida lines. War and post-war conditionsinterfered with the continuity of the process, butremarkable results have been accomplished under thedirection of J. F. Uffert, superintendent of equipment,and the local master mechanics. The earliest and largest job was that inaugurated inRochester in April, 1917, covered in an article in thispaper in the issue for April 20, 1918, page 773. Themost interesting recent two jobs are the making over ofsome open-bench cars into those of the front-entrance,center-exit type and the remodeling of a batch of motorcars into trailers. Before and after pictures of the. FIG. 5—ONE OF FIFTEEN CENTER-ENTRANCE MOTOR CARS MADE OVER INTO CENTER-ENTRANCE TRAILERS
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