. The Street railway journal . this type are ar-ranged to be opened and closed by the motorman, so thatgetting on or off the car while in motion is hardly to bethought of. It is for the purpose of preventing anyonefrom riding on the steps that the leaves of the gates aremounted so far out, and the bottom bar brought down so asto touch the tread of the step. In this case the folding gatecould not well be used, because it does not readily lend itselfto operation by means of a single lever from the oppositeend of the car. In baggage, express and freight cars a three-windowvestibule is very common
. The Street railway journal . this type are ar-ranged to be opened and closed by the motorman, so thatgetting on or off the car while in motion is hardly to bethought of. It is for the purpose of preventing anyonefrom riding on the steps that the leaves of the gates aremounted so far out, and the bottom bar brought down so asto touch the tread of the step. In this case the folding gatecould not well be used, because it does not readily lend itselfto operation by means of a single lever from the oppositeend of the car. In baggage, express and freight cars a three-windowvestibule is very commonly provided. There is an entrance,but no step, a stirrup answering every purpose. This vesti-bule is really a cab, and is practically formed in the end ofthe car. The body is cut off by a light partition, which, inmany cases, is without either window or door, In the way of completely enclosed vestibules the Europeandesigners produce some astounding creations. An exampleof this may be found in Fig. 15. The height of the car is.
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