. The Street railway journal . FRUNT \IE\V OF THE WO(JI ).SI I IE SHOPS OF THE NEW YORK & QUEENS COUNTY COMPANY, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. nary wooden surface cars only, but owing to its forthcoming tion designed originally for wooden cars to one that woulduse of the Forty-second Street tunnels of the New Y ork & also handle an ever-increasing number of steel cars. In viewLong Island Railroad Company under the East River all- of the novelty of the problem and the likelihood that steel. REAR \ IEW OF THE WOODSIDE SHOPS OF THE NEW YORK & (JUEENS COUNTY RAILWAY COMPANY, SHOWING SEPARATE BU
. The Street railway journal . FRUNT \IE\V OF THE WO(JI ).SI I IE SHOPS OF THE NEW YORK & QUEENS COUNTY COMPANY, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. nary wooden surface cars only, but owing to its forthcoming tion designed originally for wooden cars to one that woulduse of the Forty-second Street tunnels of the New Y ork & also handle an ever-increasing number of steel cars. In viewLong Island Railroad Company under the East River all- of the novelty of the problem and the likelihood that steel. REAR \ IEW OF THE WOODSIDE SHOPS OF THE NEW YORK & (JUEENS COUNTY RAILWAY COMPANY, SHOWING SEPARATE BUILDING FOR OIL AND LUMBER STORAGE steel multiple unit cars of surface type have been added tothe equipment. At present the company is running 10 ofthese steel cars, and by May will have 50 in service. Ofcourse, it is impossible to forecast the amount of trafficwhich the tunnel will carry at first, but as it will afford adirect and rapid route from the heart of New York to alarge area of suburban territory, it will eventually carryenormous business. The operation of the steel cars .will not cars are sure to find a wider field in the future, it is worthnoting how the solution has been made. It was apparent, of course, that if the same structure wasto be used there would have to be a radical reapportionmentof the areas devoted to the different branches of work sincethe maintenance of a steel car-body would call for facili-ties of different character. At the same time the companydesir
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