. The Street railway journal . EXTERIOR VIEW OF CAR FOR ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, FITTEDWITH FIRST AND SECOND-CLASS COMPARTMENTS the business, from the capital, Bogota, to the south, and Medel-lin to the west, is transported. An extension of the railroadwill shortly be completed to Medellin, which is 118 miles fromthe present terminus. The railway is a government line, ad-ministered by the Antioquia Department, and most of itsequipment has been supplied by the J. G. Brill Company. An interesting feature of the cars is in the fact that, al-though but 21 ft. long over the bodies, they are divided int
. The Street railway journal . EXTERIOR VIEW OF CAR FOR ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, FITTEDWITH FIRST AND SECOND-CLASS COMPARTMENTS the business, from the capital, Bogota, to the south, and Medel-lin to the west, is transported. An extension of the railroadwill shortly be completed to Medellin, which is 118 miles fromthe present terminus. The railway is a government line, ad-ministered by the Antioquia Department, and most of itsequipment has been supplied by the J. G. Brill Company. An interesting feature of the cars is in the fact that, al-though but 21 ft. long over the bodies, they are divided intofirst and second-class compartments, and in the second-class. INTERIOR VIEW OF ANTIOQUIA CAR, SHOWING SLAT SEATSIN SECOND-CLASS COMPARTMENT AND CANE SEATS INTHE FIRST-CLASS COMPARTMENT compartment have a saloon of standard character. The carsare handsomely finished in cherry and ash, and have decoratedbirch ceilings. The seats in the first-class compartment are ofspring cane, while those in the second-class have cherry seats have reversible backs and are manufactured by thebuilder. The trucks are the standard type used on the line,and are also built by the Brill Company. The wheel base is4 ft., and the diameter of the wheels, 24 ins. 896 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 20. AN INTERESTING MODEL OF THE METROPOLITANCOMBINATION CAR THE NEW YORK CENTRAL-NEW HAVEN SITUATION The model shown in the illustration was recently presentedto H. H. Vreeland, president of the New York City RailwayCompany, by the J. G. Brill Company. It is a perfect workingmodel of the type of car known as the Metropolitan Com-bination, and was built to the sca
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