. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—EXTERIOR OF CAR ON BLIND SIDE, SHOWING ABSENCE OF FOOTHOLDS FOR PASSENGERS clamped on after the manner of a storm sash, and acts as aguard for the door, so that passengers cannot stick their fingersin the door pockets. ENDS OPEN The door being removed in the summer, this inner protectingsash can be removed also, thus doing away with the closedend, which has always been a disagreeable feature of the semi-convertible car, as it has a tendency to make a car seem close. selves into proper position against the front of the vestibulewithout any attention on the
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—EXTERIOR OF CAR ON BLIND SIDE, SHOWING ABSENCE OF FOOTHOLDS FOR PASSENGERS clamped on after the manner of a storm sash, and acts as aguard for the door, so that passengers cannot stick their fingersin the door pockets. ENDS OPEN The door being removed in the summer, this inner protectingsash can be removed also, thus doing away with the closedend, which has always been a disagreeable feature of the semi-convertible car, as it has a tendency to make a car seem close. selves into proper position against the front of the vestibulewithout any attention on the part of the operator. DISAPPEARING STEPOne of the novel and important features of the platform isthe sliding, disappearing step arrangement, the invention ofD. A. Faut, master mechanic of the company. The steps aremounted a fixed distance apart on guides under the the step on one side is out for use, the other one is under. FIG. 6.—PLAN OF CAR, SHOWING DIMENSIONS AND LOCATIONS OF SEATS, HEATERS, SWITCHES, ETC. In case of a storm the end windows can be raised to affordprotection to passengers in the ends of car. It is frequently the case in the operation of the semi-con-vertible car in summer that the motorman, in order to protecthimself from draught, will close the car doors behind him, thusshutting off the circulation of air through the car, making adead pocket in the end. By the removal of the doors, as ex-plained, the motorman can have the vestibule window closedin front of him and yet a good circulation of air can be ob-tained through the side vestibule windows and the open endwindows and doorways. The motormans window has stops,so that he may put it at a height most comfortable for DOORS The vestibule doors fold up against the front of the vestibulewhen open. When closed, a heavy horizontal bar serves thetriple purpose of locking the doors, forming a solid supportto keep them from ra
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