. The Street railway journal . BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, SHOWING FOLDING SEAT, HEAT-ERS AND SMOKING ROOM BEYOND either through a door in the side of the car or through a lowopening in the partition between the cab and the smokingcompartment. Communication between the cab and the rearcompartment is effected by means of a speaking tube. Aseat which may be swung back against the rear partition isprovided for the convenience of the motorman, and electricheaters, under the control of the motorman, provide suffi- cient heat in the cab at all times. The baggage compartmentis finished in quarter sawed oak.
. The Street railway journal . BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, SHOWING FOLDING SEAT, HEAT-ERS AND SMOKING ROOM BEYOND either through a door in the side of the car or through a lowopening in the partition between the cab and the smokingcompartment. Communication between the cab and the rearcompartment is effected by means of a speaking tube. Aseat which may be swung back against the rear partition isprovided for the convenience of the motorman, and electricheaters, under the control of the motorman, provide suffi- cient heat in the cab at all times. The baggage compartmentis finished in quarter sawed oak. Two permanent seats inthis compartment are so built that they may be swung upagainst the wall when not in use or when the room becomesfilled with baggage. In addition to the usual glass baggagecompartment doors, a second set of doors is provided whichare fitted with wire netting instead of glass. The ceilings throughout the car are of the full empire. SMOKING COMPARTMENT FROM REAR END type, the headlining being finished in a light blue to match theinterior finish. Leaded art glass in both the upper sash ofthe side windows and in the upper deck sash add much to theinterior appearance of the car. Lighting is effected by means of both arc and incandescentlamps. The arc lamps, two in the main compartment andone in the smoker, are placed in the domes of the incandescent lamps are carried in neat electroliers onthe moulding over the deck sill. In addition to the hot-watersystem of heating, electric heaters are also provided. Thesecan be used when the car is only slightly chilly and will oftenavoid the necessity of building a fire in the heater. Thefuses and switches for all of the electrical apparatus arelocated on a slate switchboard in a cabinet immediately be-hind the motorman. The board is wired from the back sideand swinging doors opening into the baggage compartmentpermit access to the rear of the board and to the wirin
Size: 1804px × 1386px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectstreetr, bookyear1884
