. Electric railway journal . 1 n n n n. Fig. 12—Truck and Car Alterations—Underframe of Surface Convertible Passenger Cars, 1907 Type The Universal safety tread is the standard for all surfacecars except the four-motor equipments, which have Stan-wood steps. Ijhe length of the step is 2 ft. 9 in. and thewidth is 11 in., including the curve on the step. The treadis placed on No. 7 sheet steel and is 23^ in. long and $l/>in. wide overall. The latest surface car underframing andplatform practice is shown in Fig. 12, which presents mined to allow 5 in. between the front of the seat and theseat
. Electric railway journal . 1 n n n n. Fig. 12—Truck and Car Alterations—Underframe of Surface Convertible Passenger Cars, 1907 Type The Universal safety tread is the standard for all surfacecars except the four-motor equipments, which have Stan-wood steps. Ijhe length of the step is 2 ft. 9 in. and thewidth is 11 in., including the curve on the step. The treadis placed on No. 7 sheet steel and is 23^ in. long and $l/>in. wide overall. The latest surface car underframing andplatform practice is shown in Fig. 12, which presents mined to allow 5 in. between the front of the seat and theseat riser panel to which the heater is attached. This hasbeen done in both elevated and surface cars. The old carsstandardized have heat deflectors made of a wooden boardlined with transite. The new cars have a galvanized-irondeflector which it is believed will give better satisfactionat a lower cost. This arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 14, July io, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 69 which shows in section a side post and seat of
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