. The Street railway journal . osite side the means em-ployed by the conductor for signaling to the is also a speaking tube connecting the two platforms. CARS FOR THE NORTHERN TEXAS TRAC-TION COMPANY AND JOHNSTOWN, PA. The St. Louis Car Company has recentlycompleted an order for ten cars for theNorthern Texas Traction Company, whichoperates all of the city lines in Fort Worth,Texas, and in addition an interurban line,running 30 miles east to Dallas. The newcars are of the semi-convertible type, boththe upper and lower sash dropping intopockets inside the inside lining. Thebodies
. The Street railway journal . osite side the means em-ployed by the conductor for signaling to the is also a speaking tube connecting the two platforms. CARS FOR THE NORTHERN TEXAS TRAC-TION COMPANY AND JOHNSTOWN, PA. The St. Louis Car Company has recentlycompleted an order for ten cars for theNorthern Texas Traction Company, whichoperates all of the city lines in Fort Worth,Texas, and in addition an interurban line,running 30 miles east to Dallas. The newcars are of the semi-convertible type, boththe upper and lower sash dropping intopockets inside the inside lining. Thebodies are 22 ft. long, and the interiors arefinished in cherry. The same car builderalso has added ten closed cars to the equip-ment of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, whichoperates the city lines in Johnstown, Pa. The new cars have20-ft. bodies. They are intended for single-end operationonly, and are provided with a closed vestibule on the frontend and an open dash at the rear. The seating is of thelongitudinal cane FREIGHT AND EXPRESS CAR FOR THE SPOKANE & INLAND RAILWAY The air cylinders, instead of being placed under the center ofthe car in the usual manner, are swung in cradles, one at eachend, back of the pilot. The chief dimensions are: Length over the bumpers, 50ft.; width over the sheathing, 8 ft. 6 ins. The framing con-sists of side sills 5% ins. x Sji ins., plated with ^-in. x 8-in. December 8, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. steel; the end sills measure 8% ins. x 14 ins. The needlebeams are composed of 8-in. I-beams, double trussed. A NEW TYPE QF SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR AMASSACHUSETTS ROAD The Laconia Car Company, of Boston, has recently builtfor the Norfolk & Bristol Street Railway Company, of SouthWalpole, Mass., several cars which are aradical departure from the ordinary type ofsemi-convertible car. When closed forwinter service, they differ very little fromthe ordinary closed cars, but when openpresent more the appearance of the regularopen cars than
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