. The Street railway journal . ertiblecars that were built for city service in Battle Creek and Kala-mazoo, by the John Stephenson Car Company, for the MichiganTraction Company. Fig. 1 shows the ex-terior of the car closed. Fig. 2 shows the caropen for summer service, and Fig. 3 is a viewof the interior. The lines of both Kalamazoo and BattleCreek have been fully equipped with thistype, and the old equipment formerly used hasbeen discarded. The cars are 20 ft. 6 body, with 5-ft. platforms. These cars are equipped with Brill 21-Etrucks furnished with extension braces,Westinghouse 12-A-
. The Street railway journal . ertiblecars that were built for city service in Battle Creek and Kala-mazoo, by the John Stephenson Car Company, for the MichiganTraction Company. Fig. 1 shows the ex-terior of the car closed. Fig. 2 shows the caropen for summer service, and Fig. 3 is a viewof the interior. The lines of both Kalamazoo and BattleCreek have been fully equipped with thistype, and the old equipment formerly used hasbeen discarded. The cars are 20 ft. 6 body, with 5-ft. platforms. These cars are equipped with Brill 21-Etrucks furnished with extension braces,Westinghouse 12-A-30 double motor equip-ments with platform circuit breakers, Con-solidated Car Heating Company cross-seatbeaters, Svracuse changeable incandescentheadlights, Parmenter fenders. Internationalregisters and illuminated destination signs. lines to affect the appearance, since no provision is necessary inthe walls or roof for storage of the side sections. The only dif-ference to attract attention is the stationary summer hand rails,. CAR READY FOR COLD WEATHER, VESTIBULES CLOSED AIakcii 12, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL which remain permanent on the side posts behind the seat-back■of the closed car. These rails, however, are so constructed as•only to take up space which is occupied by the sash frame 011 theinside of the car. They do not interfere with the light of thecar nor are they visible from the outside. The shades may bepulled down in a groove inside of the hand rails, and the wintersections placed in position without any interference. By usingthis construction the side of the car, when in the closed form, is not defaced by the removal of the hand rails. As an open car this construction is said topossess all the features of the very best carsof that type. The seats, when converted, canalways be used to ride facing the front. Onesmall section of sash remains intact at eachcorner, so that proper anchorage may be ob-tained to prevent the wrack or straining whichmight possibly
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