. Electric railway journal . lt locally ex-cept a few of the earlierones built by the Amer-ican Car Company. All arethoroughly serviceableand are provided with themost modern devices togive the passengers com-fort, safety and a rapidmeans of shown in the accom-panying illustrations, thecars are of single deck con-struction and have theend section open whilethe center section i sclosed. In the latest typecar used, side doors areprovided for the closedsection. In other types, en-trance and exits are pro-vided on each end of theclosed section. Runningboards are arranged alongthe
. Electric railway journal . lt locally ex-cept a few of the earlierones built by the Amer-ican Car Company. All arethoroughly serviceableand are provided with themost modern devices togive the passengers com-fort, safety and a rapidmeans of shown in the accom-panying illustrations, thecars are of single deck con-struction and have theend section open whilethe center section i sclosed. In the latest typecar used, side doors areprovided for the closedsection. In other types, en-trance and exits are pro-vided on each end of theclosed section. Runningboards are arranged alongthe sides for boarding andalighting. The latest typeof car used is known asthe O class. Cars of this type are 44 ft. 5 in. longover all and 9 ft. wide over footboards. A seatingcapacity for eighty passengers is provided. The controlequipment is) Sprague-General Electric, type M, ar-ranged for multiple-unit operation so the cars can baconnected up in trains when desired. Other types of TRAMWAYS AND RAILWAYS OP SYDNEYAND ENVIRONS. CLASS O CAR HAVING ACCOMMODATION FOR EIGHTY CLASS L CAR WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR FIFTY-SIXPASSENGERS PASSENGERS July 6, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 5 cars have K controllers and the remainder of the elec-trical equipment is General Electric. All cars areequipped with air brakes. Destination signs are located just above the head-lights at both the front and rear of all cars. In ad-dition, side signs are provided at the edge of the end destination sign boxes, in addition to havingthe names of the various places served by the system,are provided with variously colored routing signs. Thesesigns have geometrical figures of different colors whichare visible from a considerable distance both day andnight and enable the signal men properly to set theswitches to give the car its proper route. The following is a list of some of the forms in whichthese signs are arranged, and an idea as to their appear-ance can be obtained from the accompanying illustra-tion
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