. The Street railway journal . MOTORMANS CAB ON GROSS LICHTERFELDE CAR, SHOWING WINDOW CLEANER AT A which also finds favor on the Continent of Europe. Thethird class has been adopted by both countries. In ascertaining what type of car is most suitable for su- April 7, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 533 burban lines, the conditions which obtain must not be lostsight of. The principal one is that the main stations inLondon are practically all terminal stations, and that duringthe rush hours of the day at these termini, the train has to bepractically completely emptied and filled in the shortest
. The Street railway journal . MOTORMANS CAB ON GROSS LICHTERFELDE CAR, SHOWING WINDOW CLEANER AT A which also finds favor on the Continent of Europe. Thethird class has been adopted by both countries. In ascertaining what type of car is most suitable for su- April 7, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 533 burban lines, the conditions which obtain must not be lostsight of. The principal one is that the main stations inLondon are practically all terminal stations, and that duringthe rush hours of the day at these termini, the train has to bepractically completely emptied and filled in the shortest pos-sible time. These conditions are totally different from those. SIDE VIEW OF HAMBURG SINGLE-PHASE CAR, SHOWING CONTACTORS met on the London tube lines and elevated roads in NewYork, where there are several stations at which passengers getin and out. The addition of a central sliding door has beenmade to assist the rapid unloading, the arrangement gener-ally adopted being that passengers get out at the central sidedoor and new passengers enter the car by the end is the system adopted by the Metropolitan District Rail-way in London, but it does not appear to be very favorablyviewed by the English travelingpublic. Undoubtedly, in the con-ditions mentioned above, whichexist with suburban traffic onmain lines, side doors the wholelength of the coach, as in the Illi-nois Central, are desirable. Thissystem, however, presents certaindisadvantages, in that side doorsare more difficult to keep air tightand cause draught, also that inorder to be satisfactory theyshould be worked by compressedair, which calls for a considerableamount of extra capac
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