. Railway Times . , 1912.] THE RAILWAY TIMES. 453 PETROL INSPECTION CAR ON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Ihis .^ LHi-. oa this page, was .Icsigncd by>rr Vincent L. Kavcn, chief mechanical engineer of theXorth Eastern Railway Company, and constructed at Gates-head Works for the use of officers on inspection duty. Thesaloon is fitted with a o-cylindcr • White and Poppe engine,which drives through a Helc-Shaw clutch to a gear-boxgiving three speeds and a direct drive on tlie top speed. Ihc been fitted for inspecting drawings, and wTiting. Three largeand six moderate-sized armchairs
. Railway Times . , 1912.] THE RAILWAY TIMES. 453 PETROL INSPECTION CAR ON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Ihis .^ LHi-. oa this page, was .Icsigncd by>rr Vincent L. Kavcn, chief mechanical engineer of theXorth Eastern Railway Company, and constructed at Gates-head Works for the use of officers on inspection duty. Thesaloon is fitted with a o-cylindcr • White and Poppe engine,which drives through a Helc-Shaw clutch to a gear-boxgiving three speeds and a direct drive on tlie top speed. Ihc been fitted for inspecting drawings, and wTiting. Three largeand six moderate-sized armchairs form the seating arrange-ment. Suitable trap-doors over the engine and Jiigh tensiondistributor are located in the floor. The heating is by meansof a vertical radiator placed at one end next the partition,the hot water from the engine being utilised. The lighting iselectric, the storage system being employed, tlie accumulatorsbeing arranged below the underframe. The total seatingaccommodation is for 12 Petrol-driven Inspection Car—North Eastern Railway. gear-box was made by Messrs. E. G. Wrigley and Co., ofBirmingham, to Mr. Ravens designs The drive is trans-mitted from the gear-box through propeller shafts and uni-versal joints to bevel gear on the back axle. There arc two large bevel wheels on the back axle, eitherof which can be put into mesh with the driving pinion, andthis allows for the vehicle being driven in either radiators are fitted on the top of the saloon at each Underground Publicity There .should be no difficulty in inducing the public to keep by them a copy of the sixteen-pag-ebooklet, Underground in Search of Happiness, upon theissue of which the publicity department at Electric RailwayHouse, Westminster, are t be congT<atuIated. The title mayaptly be applied to the travel facilities now offered by the electricrailway and tramway undertakings, which less than a decadeago were disconnected units, content to deal with only such
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