. The Street railway journal . SINGLE-TRUCK CAR FOR VINCENNES CITIZENS STREETRAILWAY been furnished by the American Car Company, which is thebuilder of the present order. Vincennes, which is in thesouthwestern part of the State on the Wabash River,has now a population of over 10,000, and is of considerableimportance as it is the junction of several steam railroadsystems. The railway company operates about 10 miles oflines with upwards of twenty-five cars, and reaches Lin-. LONGITUDINAL SEATING AND SEMI-ACCELERATOR DOOROF VINCENNES CAR coin Park and the Fair Grounds, a short distance from theci
. The Street railway journal . SINGLE-TRUCK CAR FOR VINCENNES CITIZENS STREETRAILWAY been furnished by the American Car Company, which is thebuilder of the present order. Vincennes, which is in thesouthwestern part of the State on the Wabash River,has now a population of over 10,000, and is of considerableimportance as it is the junction of several steam railroadsystems. The railway company operates about 10 miles oflines with upwards of twenty-five cars, and reaches Lin-. LONGITUDINAL SEATING AND SEMI-ACCELERATOR DOOROF VINCENNES CAR coin Park and the Fair Grounds, a short distance from thecity, both of which are controlled by the company. The cars are 18 ft. long over the bodies, and 27 ft. overthe vestibules. The platforms, which are 4 ft. 6 ins. long, areenclosed at diagonally opposite corners of the car. The en-trances are without doors or gates. Semi-accelerator doorsare used on the body ends and in conjunction with the plat-form entrances at one side, aid considerably in facilitatingegress and ingress. The width of the cars over the sills,including the panels are 6 ft. 3 ins., and over the posts at the belt, 7 ft. 6 ins.; the sweep of the posts is 8 ins., andthe distance between the centers of the posts, 2 ft. 11 ins.;the height from the floor to the ceiling, 8 ft. 7^ ins.; fromthe track to the under side of the sill, 2 ft. 2^ ins., and fromthe under side of the sills over the trolley board, 9 ft. !$/&ins.; from the track to the platform step
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