. Electric railway journal . One-Man Operation in Calgary—Double-Truck One-Man Car, and Close View of Entrance and Exit Vestibule 518] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [VOL. 50, No. 12. One-Man Operation in Calgary—Equipment at FrontEnd of Car operation. The ventilation is so designed that theoperator from his location in the front vestibulecan, by means of levers, open or close the ventila-tors to any extent desired. The single-truck carsare not equipped with air brakes but have specialhand brakes designed by the writer. On all of the cars the rear platform has beenclosed in and arranged with seats f
. Electric railway journal . One-Man Operation in Calgary—Double-Truck One-Man Car, and Close View of Entrance and Exit Vestibule 518] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [VOL. 50, No. 12. One-Man Operation in Calgary—Equipment at FrontEnd of Car operation. The ventilation is so designed that theoperator from his location in the front vestibulecan, by means of levers, open or close the ventila-tors to any extent desired. The single-truck carsare not equipped with air brakes but have specialhand brakes designed by the writer. On all of the cars the rear platform has beenclosed in and arranged with seats for twelve pas-sengers as an observation and smoking compart-ment. A rear emergency door is provided, con-trolled by levers at front and rear. When the dooris released the step is lowered, and the seat whichis across the door is raised if it is not emergency stop is also provided, the operatingknob being hung over the cash box. Pulling thisknob, which passenger may do in emergency, ap-plies air and trips the circuit breakers. The seating arrangement adopted for the one-mancars comprises one 6-ft. longitudinal seat on theleft-hand side of the entrance and a s
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