. The street railway review . tion with the electricrailwavs of Central Illinois. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. will equip its cars during thecoming winter with a new type of vestibule, the first shipment ofwhicli has already been received from the John Stephenson Co. Oct. 15, 1905 J STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 781 (convertible (]ars for Shrevcport. La. The Slirevfpiii I (l,;i.) Traction Vo. has pul im its lines witliiiithe last month several handsunic cars of the convertible type of theAmerican Car Co. under the Brill patents. The company operatesabout 12 miles of line in Shrevcport and West Shrev
. The street railway review . tion with the electricrailwavs of Central Illinois. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. will equip its cars during thecoming winter with a new type of vestibule, the first shipment ofwhicli has already been received from the John Stephenson Co. Oct. 15, 1905 J STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 781 (convertible (]ars for Shrevcport. La. The Slirevfpiii I (l,;i.) Traction Vo. has pul im its lines witliiiithe last month several handsunic cars of the convertible type of theAmerican Car Co. under the Brill patents. The company operatesabout 12 miles of line in Shrevcport and West Shreveport. Thistype of ciinvcrtihle car is in considerable use in the Rulf slates,where the climate is scnii-tropiral nnil the aliniidaiit rainfall an<lmoist atmosphere during a large part of the year require a character of conslrnction more than ordinarily good to he absohilcly impervious to water. Attention is directed to the sill step, which is a modification ofthe Nnrrniigansclt type. This step is wider than appears in tln. IMtKlllR SHUIiVICIORT CAR. photograph and gives ample room for secure foothold. The coverplates for the openings over these steps when the panels are drawndown may bo plainly seen in their folded position. When the caris closed these plates arc raised flush with the floor and present aneven surface; the value of this extra step will be at once recognizedwhen it is noticed that double trucks having equal sized wheelsare used under the cars. With such trucks the car floor is too highto be easily and safely reached by a single step. The running boardis the same height from the track as the platform step and from sillstep to car floor is same height as from platform to car floor. Theseheights are respectively 18, 14I4 and yyi in. In the illustration ofthe exterior of the car two pairs of windows arc shown raised atdifferent heights and a pair of sashes and windows are raised en-tirely into the pockets in the side roofs. The operation of raising form at front
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