. The Street railway journal . NEW STYLE CALIFORNIA TYPE CAR, SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY 354 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 9. motors. All the work on motors is done from the pit, or bytaking the trucks out from under the bodies. The double flooris mainly for the object of warmth in winter. The cars have. STANDARD COMBINATION CAR USED IN SAN FRANCISCO double windows in winter, and are heated with hot water, sothat in spite of the cold climate, they are very much more com-fortable vehicles than are to be found in some of the cities Minneapolis gate, which is opened and closed by the motorma
. The Street railway journal . NEW STYLE CALIFORNIA TYPE CAR, SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY 354 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 9. motors. All the work on motors is done from the pit, or bytaking the trucks out from under the bodies. The double flooris mainly for the object of warmth in winter. The cars have. STANDARD COMBINATION CAR USED IN SAN FRANCISCO double windows in winter, and are heated with hot water, sothat in spite of the cold climate, they are very much more com-fortable vehicles than are to be found in some of the cities Minneapolis gate, which is opened and closed by the motormanfor the entrance and exit of passengers. This gate is keptclosed at all times, except when the car is standing still. Allthese cars are equipped with straight air brakes. The weightof the semi-convertible or closed car is 43,000 lbs., and thatof the open car, 26,500. The former is equipped with fourmotors and center-swivel trucks, and the latter with two mo-tors, and with maximum traction trucks. The seating capacityof both is the same, being fifty-two persons. PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANYThe recently adopted standard car for the Philadelphia RapidTransit Company is a semi-convertible car, 38 ft. over all, with28-ft. body. The company in Philadelphia was one of thefirst of the Eastern companies
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