. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The pro-vision of a passage-way and of a door oneach side of the car for each pair ofseats combines the advantage of theAmerican car or of a corridor car, in mately with the nosing of the platforms,and with the floors being designedly low,no footboards are required, and there isonly one step, about 10 ins. deep, betweenthe car floor and the station end of the guards van compartmenthas been made elliptical in shape, with aview to it being used as a motor com- enabling passengers t
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The pro-vision of a passage-way and of a door oneach side of the car for each pair ofseats combines the advantage of theAmerican car or of a corridor car, in mately with the nosing of the platforms,and with the floors being designedly low,no footboards are required, and there isonly one step, about 10 ins. deep, betweenthe car floor and the station end of the guards van compartmenthas been made elliptical in shape, with aview to it being used as a motor com- enabling passengers to distribute them- partment in the event of electrification, selves, with the added advantage ofquick ingress and egress of passengers af-forded by the European ordinary cross-compartment cars, with side doors foreach new cars are ;~ it. 4; ins. long and a wide landing for the guard hasbeen provided in the doorway of thiscompartment. It has not been consideredavailable to provide moveable sashes atthose windows past which the doors slideowing to the possibility of injury to pass-. INTERIOR OF FIRST CL.\SS COMPover the bodies, and are divided intothree large compartments, separated bypartitions fitted with sliding doors andglass panels, so that passengers can seefrom one compartment into the partitions prevent too muchdraught through the car, and provide sub-divisions as required for smokers, etc. ARTMEXT. TAIT SUBURBAN CARS. engers arms or hands in the event of thedoors being incautiously opened, butample provision has been made for venti-lation. Steel has been used largely in theconstruction of the bodies, and the under-frames and bogies are entirely of whole of the external panelling is ofsteel, and the interior ceilings and panels and dirt have been avoided. The lightingis by Pintsch gas with incandescentmantles. Although steel has been used solargely and the cars are a foot wider,they will not weigh as much per passengerscat as the subu
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