. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d the roof usually, fell to pieces atthe slightest impact while the floor re-mained fairly firm, the feet of the pas-sengers being thus well protected whiletheir heads were allowed to take suchchances as were incidental to the falling 1 Fi -—^^* •^■fc* 4flMhk. ^MkP^ahf!^^.r s ■ ^ ■ p u ui1 11 *tmm*t*u, 1 r sooo | ** fl^HIM r Uk UB| ■ ■■■■^■MMHBBHi NEW TVPE OK ALL-STEEL PASSENGER CARS FOR THE ERIE RAILROAD. Stilwell, consulting engineer, 100 Broad-way, New York. The general construc-tion of th
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d the roof usually, fell to pieces atthe slightest impact while the floor re-mained fairly firm, the feet of the pas-sengers being thus well protected whiletheir heads were allowed to take suchchances as were incidental to the falling 1 Fi -—^^* •^■fc* 4flMhk. ^MkP^ahf!^^.r s ■ ^ ■ p u ui1 11 *tmm*t*u, 1 r sooo | ** fl^HIM r Uk UB| ■ ■■■■^■MMHBBHi NEW TVPE OK ALL-STEEL PASSENGER CARS FOR THE ERIE RAILROAD. Stilwell, consulting engineer, 100 Broad-way, New York. The general construc-tion of the cars is similar to that of theNew York, Westchester & Boston electricsuburban cars, and they are so constructedthat while at present they are adapted forsteam operation, they are also ready for of sufficient capacity to absorb all shocksthat may be received in regular roof structure is formed of pressedchannel carlines, and is of the compoundarched type. The chief point aimed at inthis form of construction has been thepossibility of resisting shocks that may. of the flimsy work overhead. In the newcars the rigidity of the roof constructionfairly matches that of the floor and it isno idle boast to state that for the firsttime the heads of the passengers are pro-tected from anything short of a collisionof the most stupendous kind. The trucks also present new features,being furnished with long elliptic springsunder the bolsters, and also with coiljournal box springs. The dimensionsand adjustment are such that the easyriding qualities of the car are particularlyevident to all. END VIEW OF MAY PASSENGER electric equipment as soon as such achange may be deemed desirable. A remarkable feature of the cars is thefact that they are lighter in weight thanthe lightest wooden cars in the sameservice, and are also much lighter thantwo other classes of steel underframe IARS SHOW IXC Rill IF STRUCTURE. be encountered in service. As is wellknown the floor fra
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