. The Street railway journal . AND VIEW ACROSS ENCLOSED PLATFORM, SHOWING LARGE SIDE DOOR OPENING valuable provision causes the entrance and egress capacity ateach end of the car to be dependent only upon the width of thesliding side doors, as the platform is thus contained in the bodyof the car. The side doors are made very wide, so that passen-gers may enter two abreast, and when inside they are not con-fronted by another narrow entrance door. This method of en-. 204 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 6. closiag the entire floor of the car will effect an important pro-tection for the gu
. The Street railway journal . AND VIEW ACROSS ENCLOSED PLATFORM, SHOWING LARGE SIDE DOOR OPENING valuable provision causes the entrance and egress capacity ateach end of the car to be dependent only upon the width of thesliding side doors, as the platform is thus contained in the bodyof the car. The side doors are made very wide, so that passen-gers may enter two abreast, and when inside they are not con-fronted by another narrow entrance door. This method of en-. 204 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 6. closiag the entire floor of the car will effect an important pro-tection for the guards as well as passengers in winter weather. As above stated, the sliding side doors at the ends of thecars are operated by means of compressed air cylinders, whichare to be controlled by the guards standing across the twoplatforms in end-door openings, in a manner similar to thatwhich is usual upon the cars with the open-end door-operating air cylinders are arranged in the sidewalls of the cars, with their piston rods attached directly to thesliding doors, and they are operated by means of air valveswhich admit compressed air to either end of the cylinder atwill. The doors will be normally held in their closed positionby means of a spring latch, which may be released for opening
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