. Electric railway journal . GERMAN HOSPITAL CARS—CARRYING WOUNDED TO BRUNN TRAILERS BEFORE HAULING TO HOSPITAL VIA MOTOR CAR ferent cities in the Empire, where their proper care canbe assured. Upon their arrival by train at the city thusselected they must be transferred from the railroadstation to the local hospitals, and the tramways are usedvery largely for this purpose. The work is carried onin the thorough way so characteristic of German under-takings. A regular service has been inaugurated, andtrains of one motor car and one or two trailers are where the wounded men are to be carried an
. Electric railway journal . GERMAN HOSPITAL CARS—CARRYING WOUNDED TO BRUNN TRAILERS BEFORE HAULING TO HOSPITAL VIA MOTOR CAR ferent cities in the Empire, where their proper care canbe assured. Upon their arrival by train at the city thusselected they must be transferred from the railroadstation to the local hospitals, and the tramways are usedvery largely for this purpose. The work is carried onin the thorough way so characteristic of German under-takings. A regular service has been inaugurated, andtrains of one motor car and one or two trailers are where the wounded men are to be carried an apprecia-ble distance the less compact but more comfortable planof placing the cots longitudinally is followed. It isusually possible to leave an aisle for the physician ornurse, and in some cases, as at Breslau, brackets havebeen installed to carry two tiers of stretchers. If the menrequire no attention during the trip, the cots are placedthree in a row and in double tiers across the car (twelve. CERMAN HOSPITAL CARS—BRESLAU CAR FITTED WITH BRACKETS TO CARRY UPPER TIER OF STRETCHERS, AND CAR WITHOUT BRACKETS JANUARY 2, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 51
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