. American engineer and railroad journal . s is exceedingly coat hooks and other metallic furnishings are of yellowbrass. In order to break the long lines of the interior Flemishoak beams are carried up the sides and across the ceiling, asindicated in the view of the side finish. There are no curtains,merely plain shades, and above the top lines of the shades thewindows are completed with stained glass in harmonizingcolors. A description of the effect is difficult. The cars are 70 ft. long, 10 ft. 4 ins. wide, and the diningroom is 32 ft. 2 ins. long. There are 10 tables, 5 with 4
. American engineer and railroad journal . s is exceedingly coat hooks and other metallic furnishings are of yellowbrass. In order to break the long lines of the interior Flemishoak beams are carried up the sides and across the ceiling, asindicated in the view of the side finish. There are no curtains,merely plain shades, and above the top lines of the shades thewindows are completed with stained glass in harmonizingcolors. A description of the effect is difficult. The cars are 70 ft. long, 10 ft. 4 ins. wide, and the diningroom is 32 ft. 2 ins. long. There are 10 tables, 5 with 4 seats eachon one side, and 5 with 2 tables each on the other. The tablesare placed at 6 ft. 4 in. centers. The kitchen end of the diningroom is completed by a niche, an elevation of which is shownin one of the drawings. At the other end is a sideboard, whichis also illustrated. There are five of these cars now buildingand we hope to illustrate them further by photographs nextmonth. April, 1901. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 117.
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