. Electric railway journal . es anextensive network in the borough of the Bronx, NewYork, and in the suburban sections north of that bor-ough, has lately placed in service one single-truck carof the type shown in the accompanying halftones anddrawing. This companys other cars are either ofdouble-truck longitudinal seat or open-bench design, andthe present car is the outcome of a belief that a non-oscillating single-truck car with cross seats and suit-able for both closed and open service is much more head line to the other. These channels also form theframing of the duct for the exhaust ventil
. Electric railway journal . es anextensive network in the borough of the Bronx, NewYork, and in the suburban sections north of that bor-ough, has lately placed in service one single-truck carof the type shown in the accompanying halftones anddrawing. This companys other cars are either ofdouble-truck longitudinal seat or open-bench design, andthe present car is the outcome of a belief that a non-oscillating single-truck car with cross seats and suit-able for both closed and open service is much more head line to the other. These channels also form theframing of the duct for the exhaust ventilators. Theroof itself is formed entirely out of agasote. The T-member along each side of the car has two functions,namely, to stiffen the car framing and to separate theremovable lower sash from the small upwardly slidingsash. The installation of an upper sash about 10 is novel in American practice, but it is advan-tageous in making the convertible car more flexible tomeet sudden and short changes to warm weather. In. Long Single-Truck Car—Car for Union Railway Suburban Routes in Trial Service on the 125th Street Line of the Third Avenue Railway satisfactory and economical for the medium traffic con-ditions in the territory served. The new cars seatforty-two passengers in a combination of corner longi-tudinal seats and 34-in. cross-seats with 25-in. aisle,although it is but 34 ft. IIV2 in. over the bumpers and22 ft. Iiy2 in. over the body. The standard closed carsof 28-ft. body length with longitudinal seats accommo-date only thirty-six passengers. Part of the new carslarge seating capacity is due to the use of a bench atthe motormans end and of a single seat on the devil-strip side at the conductors end. FRAMING The framing is one of the most interesting featuresas this has helped to produce a car weighing only 24,000lb., or 571 lb. per passenger. This weight would beless on future cars as the present one is equipped withold-style motors. The floor framing is a stand
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