. The Street railway journal . OSED CAR USED IN BOSTON the running board from the rail head is 183/2 ins., and the dis-tance from the step to the following is 16 ins. These cars arealso mounted on Eureka maximum traction trucks, and weighwithout passengers and motors 23,100 lbs. BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANYThe standard closed car of the Boston Elevated RailwayCompany is one having a 25-ft. body, with platforms about 4ft. long. The width at the sills is 6 ft. 8 ins., and the width atthe belt rail 7 ft. 6 ins., curved panels being used. The stepis 16 ins. from the rail. The step is 13 ins. be
. The Street railway journal . OSED CAR USED IN BOSTON the running board from the rail head is 183/2 ins., and the dis-tance from the step to the following is 16 ins. These cars arealso mounted on Eureka maximum traction trucks, and weighwithout passengers and motors 23,100 lbs. BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANYThe standard closed car of the Boston Elevated RailwayCompany is one having a 25-ft. body, with platforms about 4ft. long. The width at the sills is 6 ft. 8 ins., and the width atthe belt rail 7 ft. 6 ins., curved panels being used. The stepis 16 ins. from the rail. The step is 13 ins. below the platformand the platform 7 ins. below the car floor. This car seatsthirty-four passengers on longitudinal seats. It weighs 24,660lbs., complete, without passengers. A number of maximumtraction trucks are used, although the more recent practice istoward center swivel double trucks. For summer use thestandard is a twelve-bench open car, which is approximately thesame size as the standard closed car. The dimensions of all. STANDARD TWELVE-BENCH OPEN CAR USED IN BOSTON August 29, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 349 these cars can be seen on the accompanying table. These opencars weigh a little less than the closed cars, but in general theycorrespond very closely to the closed cars. There is also astandard nine-bench open car on single trucks, the dimensionsof which are given in the table. The Boston Elevated, like many others, does not attemptto operate the same type of car on every route, as some formsof car are better suited to certain classes of traffic than company, however, does aim to standardize the equipmentoperated from each large car house, and carries this to a pointwhere, as a rule, each car house is supplied with car equipments,such as trucks, motors, etc., of the same make. The practicaladvantages of this plan in the way of a minimum quantity ofrepair and renewal parts, etc., are apparent. The standard cars
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