. The Street railway journal . CONVERTIBLE CAR EOR THE W ATERLOO & CEDAR FALLS FIG. of additional lines are in course of construction. The ex-ceedingly fertile valley of the Cedar River, through which thelines run, is thickly dotted with towns and villages, with the twoimportant railway centers from which the company takes itsname. Within the last year or two this type of convertible carhas come into considerable use in the States of the MiddleWest, in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and others, seeming toindicate that the double-sheet steel panels, with their ^

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. The Street railway journal . CONVERTIBLE CAR EOR THE W ATERLOO & CEDAR FALLS FIG. of additional lines are in course of construction. The ex-ceedingly fertile valley of the Cedar River, through which thelines run, is thickly dotted with towns and villages, with the twoimportant railway centers from which the company takes itsname. Within the last year or two this type of convertible carhas come into considerable use in the States of the MiddleWest, in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and others, seeming toindicate that the double-sheet steel panels, with their ^ space between, are amply sufficient to keep the car warm inthe severe wind storms of winter that are characteristic of thecomparatively level land in that region. The general dimensions are as follows: Length over endpanels, 20 ft. 7 ins.; length over crown pieces, 25 ft. 1 in.; frompanel over crown piece, 4 ft. 6 ins.; width over sills, 6 ft. 10ins.; width over posts at belt, 7 ft. 9 ins; from center to centerof posts,

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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectstreetr, bookyear1884