. Electric railway journal . tors. The top deck is covered, and theplatforms are partly vestibuled. This car seats twenty-two below and twenty-six above. It is being usedfor service into Birmingham. Type 3, the smallest, is probably the most interest-ing of the new cars. It is a single-deck thirty-four-seat car, 33 ft. over all and 22 ft. over the body, witha wheelbase of 8 ft. 6 in. Entrance is at the rear, asusual, but exit is on the rear side via a front doorwhich, by means of a wire attached to the door-controlhandle, is operated only by the motorman. The motorman is readyto open the door
. Electric railway journal . tors. The top deck is covered, and theplatforms are partly vestibuled. This car seats twenty-two below and twenty-six above. It is being usedfor service into Birmingham. Type 3, the smallest, is probably the most interest-ing of the new cars. It is a single-deck thirty-four-seat car, 33 ft. over all and 22 ft. over the body, witha wheelbase of 8 ft. 6 in. Entrance is at the rear, asusual, but exit is on the rear side via a front doorwhich, by means of a wire attached to the door-controlhandle, is operated only by the motorman. The motorman is readyto open the door assoon as the pas-senger operates abell-cord inside thecar or on the frontplatform, the ideabeing to have analighting passengerwaste as little timeas possible. This third type ofcar is also remark-able in British prac-tice for its absenceof bulkheads andinterior trim. Atnight the motormandraws a curtain be-hind him to preventdazzle. The car seat-ing is car may beoperated temporarily asit may also be operated. EXAMPLES OF FARE TICKETS X5.| IJ II t; ° g 33«i c 3S!> ill a i \%i B. E. T. FAIR a one-man car, and itas a pay-as-you enter type has proved so popular at Dudley that it isearning as much per car-mile as the double-deck cars onthe same route. On more interesting point is that thistype of car will soon be equipped with two GE-258 self-ventilated, ball-bearing motors, probably the first Brit-ish application of this well-known safety-car motor. Some Characteristic Operating FeaturesThe great range of size and tha large number ofundertakings operated by the British Electric TractionCompany do not permit many specific statements asto details of operation, but the following facts maybe of some value: A fair average for the distance between stops wouldbe 600 ft. In some of the smaller tovras a passengerwill be picked up almost anywhere but set down only atcertain specified places. In general, it is not held to benecessary to space the regular stop
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