. American engineer and railroad journal . This car is constructed to give thesame floor plan as the present Pennsylvania standard passen- seen that the body end carline is double and the purlines andrafters are not continuous, the two angle irons forming thebody end carlines being held together by rivets passingthrough spacing thimbles, the eaves angles and side plateangles being the only continuous members connecting hood tobody framing. In the matter ot weights it is interesting to note that thiscar weighs, exclusive of the storage batteries, but 1,233 lbs. perseated passenger, while one of
. American engineer and railroad journal . This car is constructed to give thesame floor plan as the present Pennsylvania standard passen- seen that the body end carline is double and the purlines andrafters are not continuous, the two angle irons forming thebody end carlines being held together by rivets passingthrough spacing thimbles, the eaves angles and side plateangles being the only continuous members connecting hood tobody framing. In the matter ot weights it is interesting to note that thiscar weighs, exclusive of the storage batteries, but 1,233 lbs. perseated passenger, while one of the modern wooden coaches onthe P. R. R., which does not carry storage batteries, weighs1,363 lbs. per seated passenger. That car is 5 ft. 314 ins. shorterthan the Long Island car and seats but 62 persons. The ex-cellent appearance of both the exterior and interior of the caris shown in the reproductions from photographs. In general, the scheme of design is to support the wholeweight of the car body from two girders, which form the sides. STEEL PASSENGER COACH—LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. ger car, and will seat 72 persons. It is practically all steelthroughout, the only wood found in the construction being asmall amount used for holding a part of the interior length over buffers is 67 ft. 4% Ins., and its total weightin running order is 94,500 lbs. The primary considerations in designing this car were:First, to make it absolutely fireproof; second, to so arrangethe construction as to make it as strong, or stronger in col-lision, than any passenger car now running, and, third, tomake it as light in weight as the other considerations wouldpermit. Special care was also given to making both the ex-terior and interior of as pleasing an appearance as all of these problems have been successfully solved isevident from a careful inspection of the illustrations shownherewith. It is evidently fireproof, as there is nothing com-bustible in its construction. To withstan
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