. The Street railway journal . body being 40 ft. 5 ins. This gives a platform of 4 ft. 3 ins. Thewidth over side sills is 8 ft. S3A ins., and the cars width at the driprails is 8 ft. g1/^ ins. From bottom of sills to top of roof the heightis 9 ft. 2]/2 ins., and from top of rail to top of roof it is 12 ft. 4 tracks are to have a wheel base of 6 ft., the distance fromcenter to center of trucks being 33 ft. 6 ins. and the diameter ofwheels 33 ins. The roof, which extends over the platform in a. Street MODEL OF OPEN CAR—INTERIOR END ELEVATION December 20, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY
. The Street railway journal . body being 40 ft. 5 ins. This gives a platform of 4 ft. 3 ins. Thewidth over side sills is 8 ft. S3A ins., and the cars width at the driprails is 8 ft. g1/^ ins. From bottom of sills to top of roof the heightis 9 ft. 2]/2 ins., and from top of rail to top of roof it is 12 ft. 4 tracks are to have a wheel base of 6 ft., the distance fromcenter to center of trucks being 33 ft. 6 ins. and the diameter ofwheels 33 ins. The roof, which extends over the platform in a. Street MODEL OF OPEN CAR—INTERIOR END ELEVATION December 20, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL hood continuous with the. main roofframe, is of the single-deck type withoutclere-story, but has an imitation clere-story inside, as seen in the cross-sectionview. Ventilators in the roof are pro-vided for the motormans cab, and if it isdecided to adopt the panel for the winterservice, additional ventilators may benecessary for supplying the interior of thecar with fresh air. The cars are to bewired for four circuits of lights, the lightsbeing placed along the sides of the sills, which are four in number, aremade of 5-in. i2]/i-\b. standard I-beams,the two outside sills having a wood fillingflush with the inside edge of I-beam andan outside filler, making a width of 6}^ins. The platform is to be supported bytwo intermediate sills, running to theouter edge of the end stick, and twoplatform knees formed of two channels with wood filler run-ning from the end stick
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