. The Street railway journal . y theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company in the selection and instruc-tion of employees for the operation of trains since the in-auguration of electric traction upon its elevated lines. Trainsequipped with the multiple-unit control have been found to re-quire much more care and more experienced handling thaneither the former steam locomotive equipment or the surfacetrolley cars. The recent extension of electrical operation to all lustrated in the Aug. 6, 1904, issue of the Street RailwayJournal. The side-door feature of the Boston Elevated carwas, however, omitted, bu
. The Street railway journal . y theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company in the selection and instruc-tion of employees for the operation of trains since the in-auguration of electric traction upon its elevated lines. Trainsequipped with the multiple-unit control have been found to re-quire much more care and more experienced handling thaneither the former steam locomotive equipment or the surfacetrolley cars. The recent extension of electrical operation to all lustrated in the Aug. 6, 1904, issue of the Street RailwayJournal. The side-door feature of the Boston Elevated carwas, however, omitted, but other interesting features, such asa Pullman palace-car window design, the use of end vestibuledoors sliding into concealed pockets in the sides of the car andoperated by compressed air, and a new scheme of interiorfinish in light oak with semi-empire deck, have been incor-porated, which give the car a striking and remarkably pleasingappearance. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CARAn accompanying drawing shows the details of construction. THE NEW INSTRUCTION CAR FOR THE ELEVATED DIVISION OF THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY elevated lines of the company and the inauguration of largelyincreased schedules have added greatly to the number of em-ployees, and have made the securing of experienced men moreand more difficult. To assist in the solution of this problem,and at the same time to raise the standard of the motormen,the company decided some time ago to equip an instruction car and illustrates the method of securing the platform arrange-ment with omission of the usual end bulkheads. The car is 49 length over all, 40 ft. between the archways replacing thebulkheads, and is of the standard width of 8 ft. 7 ins. It hasa heavy underframe construction consisting of 5-in. I-beams,which are built up for both center and side sills with heavy
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