. Electric railway journal . orced with steel plates. The underframing is tied to-gether with cross-ties spaced 3 ft. 2 in. on centers. The widthover sills is 8 ft. %lA in. Platforms with step openings 4 ft. 4% in. wide in the clearare provided at both ends of all cars. The platforms are sup-ported by the center and intermediate sills, and the principalmembers are substantially reinforced with plates at the pointsof maximum stress. The platform floors are on a level withthe car floor, and are reached by three steps of 11 in. rise eachand a rise of 15 in. from the level of the top of the rail t
. Electric railway journal . orced with steel plates. The underframing is tied to-gether with cross-ties spaced 3 ft. 2 in. on centers. The widthover sills is 8 ft. %lA in. Platforms with step openings 4 ft. 4% in. wide in the clearare provided at both ends of all cars. The platforms are sup-ported by the center and intermediate sills, and the principalmembers are substantially reinforced with plates at the pointsof maximum stress. The platform floors are on a level withthe car floor, and are reached by three steps of 11 in. rise eachand a rise of 15 in. from the level of the top of the rail to the steadily at high speeds without undue shocks at starting andstopping. The close coupling of the cars does away with theusual discomfort experienced by passengers on loosely coupledtrains, and passage from car to car is rendered safe. An ac-companying illustration shows the ends of two car platformsas coupled. In addition to the spring buffer platforms and theM. C. B. couplers, the other coupling connections include two. Key Route Cars—Interior View safety chains, motor control cables, bus cable and hose for thebrake reservoir, air-brake, train and air signal line. The sliding gate used at the step opening is another detailthat has been carefully worked out. After experience withheavy gates a light wire mesh carried in an iron frame hasbeen adopted. This gate is supported from below by rollers
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