. Electric railway journal . EMPIRE UNITED RAILWAY PARLOR CARS PARLOR CAR SYRACUSE OPERATED AS A TRAILER February 26, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 393. EMPIRE UNITED RAILWAY PARLOR CARS PARLOR CAR ROCHESTER TRICR TO CONVERSION although one of the cars has no vestibule, involvingfour steps from the ground level to the car floor, nodifficulty has been experienced on this score. Changes in the interior equipment were minor incharacter. The most important was the installation ofa Peter Smith coal-fired heater to saye current, aspower is purchased by the railway company on astraight kilowatt-hour
. Electric railway journal . EMPIRE UNITED RAILWAY PARLOR CARS PARLOR CAR SYRACUSE OPERATED AS A TRAILER February 26, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 393. EMPIRE UNITED RAILWAY PARLOR CARS PARLOR CAR ROCHESTER TRICR TO CONVERSION although one of the cars has no vestibule, involvingfour steps from the ground level to the car floor, nodifficulty has been experienced on this score. Changes in the interior equipment were minor incharacter. The most important was the installation ofa Peter Smith coal-fired heater to saye current, aspower is purchased by the railway company on astraight kilowatt-hour basis from one of the Niagarapower companies. These heaters have nickel-platedtrimmings and a completely nickel-plated hood andblower. This makes an exceedingly fine appearance,the elaborate finish having been adopted solely for orna-mental purposes, as the heaters are exposed in the in-terior of the main seating compartment. The lightingis of the semi-indirect type, with shaded incandescentlamps. The car floors have been left covered with softand heavy carpet, and the highly-finished interior wood-work has been allowed also to remain, giving an
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