. Electric railway journal . men have a splendid opportunityto assist the industry by notifying the editors of this paper of new thingsthat have been done. Information may be sent in the form of rough notesor short articles, and special rates will be paid for all accepted material. Bay State Car Remodeling Inclosed Vestibules and Pneumatically OperatedDoors and Steps Added to 200 Cars inCity and Suburban Service j Two hundred semi-convertible cars of the Bay StateStreet Railway are now being reconstructed into thecompletely vestibuled type with the installation of fareboxes, pneumatically oper
. Electric railway journal . men have a splendid opportunityto assist the industry by notifying the editors of this paper of new thingsthat have been done. Information may be sent in the form of rough notesor short articles, and special rates will be paid for all accepted material. Bay State Car Remodeling Inclosed Vestibules and Pneumatically OperatedDoors and Steps Added to 200 Cars inCity and Suburban Service j Two hundred semi-convertible cars of the Bay StateStreet Railway are now being reconstructed into thecompletely vestibuled type with the installation of fareboxes, pneumatically operated doors and steps, and abuzzer signal system. In the main these cars have28-ft. and 30-ft. bodies, four-motor equipments, andcross seats, with longitudinal seats at the ends. Thecompletion of the reconstruction job, by adding thesecars to the 200 new rolling stock units which werelately purchased, will virtually give the company atotal of 400 up-to-date car units to meet the traffic de-mands with which it has to VIEW OF BAY STATE REMODELED CAR WITH INCLOSED VESTIBULESAND PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED DOORS AND STEPS The work includes the removal of the bulkheads insideeach car, with consequent increase in the passagewaywidth. The reconstruction also covers the completeoverhauling of each car, including repairs to trucks,bodies and motors where necessary, and in the insulation of the motor contactorboxes are also features of interest. The cars being remodeled are of five classes, havingbeen manufactured in the St. Louis and Cleveland shopsof the J. G. Brill Company and in the shops of theLaconia Car Company in New Hampshire. Work wasbegun in the fall of 1916, and it is expected that all thecars will be remodeled in time for participation in thesummer traffic of the present year. Johnson fare boxes and National Pneumatic door andstep control are being installed in the cars. The widthsof the outer vestibule doors are being kept virtually un-changed. T
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