. The Street railway journal . e, so as to obtain almost unlimitedstrength. This could be done by carrying the sills out to thebuffer beam of the platform timber and making the platformfloor flush. This would practically bring the vestibule in-side the car body. The plates and the sills of the monitordeck would then run forward to the bow of the hood. Ofcourse there would be one inside end frame at the rear ofthe vestibule, in order to give firm support to the side of thecar. The baggage door, just inside that of the vestibule,shown in Fig. 8, is, of course, a source of weakness in thisparticu
. The Street railway journal . e, so as to obtain almost unlimitedstrength. This could be done by carrying the sills out to thebuffer beam of the platform timber and making the platformfloor flush. This would practically bring the vestibule in-side the car body. The plates and the sills of the monitordeck would then run forward to the bow of the hood. Ofcourse there would be one inside end frame at the rear ofthe vestibule, in order to give firm support to the side of thecar. The baggage door, just inside that of the vestibule,shown in Fig. 8, is, of course, a source of weakness in thisparticular car, as it cuts off the side framing from the , however, is one of the things which cannot be avoidedwhere baggage compartments are introduced; but theplated sill and the heavy framing of the vestibule compen-sate for this in a large measure. In Fig. 9 we have an example of a car framed in the wayjust mentioned. As it is devoted to express business only,steps are not needed. A stirrup iron is all that is
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