. Electric railway journal . peof car by Mr. Bosenbury brought out in 1916 asingle-end, one-man car with a seating capacity of thirty passengers and a weight of only 10,000 lb., or333 lb. per seated passenger. The first eleven carsof the safety type weighed 635 lb. per seated pas-senger. Profiting from the experience with the firstdesign, effort was made to eliminate all things pos-sible that did not add to the comfort and safety ofpassengers. This 10,000-lb. weight of the secondcar includes the body, truck, electrical and air-brake equipment, and the pneumatic door engines,•etc., complete lik
. Electric railway journal . peof car by Mr. Bosenbury brought out in 1916 asingle-end, one-man car with a seating capacity of thirty passengers and a weight of only 10,000 lb., or333 lb. per seated passenger. The first eleven carsof the safety type weighed 635 lb. per seated pas-senger. Profiting from the experience with the firstdesign, effort was made to eliminate all things pos-sible that did not add to the comfort and safety ofpassengers. This 10,000-lb. weight of the secondcar includes the body, truck, electrical and air-brake equipment, and the pneumatic door engines,•etc., complete like the previous cars. The flooris continuous from bumper to bumper, but useis made of transverse seats instead of longi-tudinal seats. The main door at the front end of thecar, 32 in. wide, is used for both exit and entrancepurposes, in order to minimize the amount of spacerequired and hence reduce the weight. This door isof the two-leaf, folding type and is arranged to openoutwardly in such a manner that the retardation of. Car, 22 Ft. Long and Seating Thirty Passengers the car has a tendency to assist in opening the door,while accelerating the car has a tendency to assistin closing the door. The door and step are oper-ated pneumatically and controlled by the brake valvehandle. The rear emergency exit door is placeddirectly in the center of the car. It is held securelyin position by two locks, one operated pneumaticallyand the other manually. The pneumatic lock is un-locked automatically by an emergency application ofthe air brakes, which may be obtained at thewill of the operator, or by an emergency cord thatextends through the car, or automatically if for anyreason the operator suddenly removes his handfrom the controller handle. After the door has beenunlocked pneumatically by any of these means, it isstill in a locked position until someone releases themanually-operated lock. The latter is attached to theseat immediately in front of the door, and it is im-possible to rele
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