. The Street railway journal . ruction in use on anumber of European tramways is illustrated in Figs. 1 and consists of a post supported from the center of the stepand extending to the hood. Of course, one use for this post isas a support to the upper deck of a double-deck car, but the posthas other advantages which might make it of value on single-deck cars when a broad platform is used. In the first place,it divides, to a certain extent, the incoming and outgoing pas-sengers, the latter leaving through the space nearest the carbody, while the incoming passengers enter between the postan
. The Street railway journal . ruction in use on anumber of European tramways is illustrated in Figs. 1 and consists of a post supported from the center of the stepand extending to the hood. Of course, one use for this post isas a support to the upper deck of a double-deck car, but the posthas other advantages which might make it of value on single-deck cars when a broad platform is used. In the first place,it divides, to a certain extent, the incoming and outgoing pas-sengers, the latter leaving through the space nearest the carbody, while the incoming passengers enter between the postand the dash, and then it furnishes- something to grasp firmly used on some of the cars of the Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn,of Berlin, Germany. These are single-deck cars, and the ladderis used only by repair men who have to mount the roof. Theconstruction is neat in appearance, gives assistance to theboarding passenger and affords a certain amount of protectionat the end of the platform near the car door. CAR HOUSE TESTING ROOM.
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