. Electric railway journal . K -- -I8S over Corner Posts 27-$ over Buffers * Tucson Truckless One-Man Car with Automobile Motor Drive September 30, 1916 j ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [ 591. In connection with single-truck cars brief com-ment perhaps should be made in regard to doorarrangement, because practically all of the cars areof the end-platform design. However, a center-entrance design has been purchased for Bangor,Me., and another for Hampton, Va. Both of thesecars have single-axle radial trucks, and they havelow floors like the Union Railway single-truck de-sign. Otherwise recent single-
. Electric railway journal . K -- -I8S over Corner Posts 27-$ over Buffers * Tucson Truckless One-Man Car with Automobile Motor Drive September 30, 1916 j ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [ 591. In connection with single-truck cars brief com-ment perhaps should be made in regard to doorarrangement, because practically all of the cars areof the end-platform design. However, a center-entrance design has been purchased for Bangor,Me., and another for Hampton, Va. Both of thesecars have single-axle radial trucks, and they havelow floors like the Union Railway single-truck de-sign. Otherwise recent single-truck designs dis-play rather marked conservatism—a somewhat sur-prising condition because seating capacity, which isthe glaringly weak feature of the single-truck car,may be greatly increased by adopting a centerentrance, although it should be noted that the UnionRailway design approximates the same effect by pro-viding large platform seats. The Ultra-Light Car The ultra-light car is the most recent develop-ment of the single-truck type, although, as has beenpreviously pointed out, it constitutes an entirelydistinct tendency in design and contains no imme-diate prospect of dir
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