. Electric railway gazette . arried, whenin its normal position, partly under the platfogmof the car and high enough above the track topass over all ordinary inanimate obstructions. Itis thus out of the way, inconspicuous aDd unob-trusive, but ready for service. Fig. 1 shows the fender in the position platform is about 8 inches above the traSk,although it can b3 hung lower or higher if pre-ferred, and the front edge projects about 18 inchesfrom the dashboard, just far enough to throw a person struck towards the car and on the fender. Theweight of a two-year-old child falling on t
. Electric railway gazette . arried, whenin its normal position, partly under the platfogmof the car and high enough above the track topass over all ordinary inanimate obstructions. Itis thus out of the way, inconspicuous aDd unob-trusive, but ready for service. Fig. 1 shows the fender in the position platform is about 8 inches above the traSk,although it can b3 hung lower or higher if pre-ferred, and the front edge projects about 18 inchesfrom the dashboard, just far enough to throw a person struck towards the car and on the fender. Theweight of a two-year-old child falling on the fen-der will throw it down and out, automatically, tothe position shown in Fig. 2, when the platform isextended 3 feet in front of dashboard and its for-ward edge is 1 inch above rail. This automaticaction is provided to meet the occasional emergen-cies when the motorman has no rime to act. Ordi-narily he has several seconds, and a slight turn ofthe lever—phced so as not to interfere with brake A* JW SHr7 * „ ^*^ ill!.
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