. Electric railway journal . hcar, like those described above, has three double slidingdoors per side for passenger use. On the motor carsthere are also two single doors at each end into themotormens compartment and likewise two for the onecompartment of a control car. These cars are aboutone foot wider than the older ones, the body widthextending almost to the edge of the step board of theearlier type. They exceed cars of previous design inlength by a few inches. By the omission of the vestibulesingle doors and their replacement by double doors about10 ft. from the car end, allseats now fall
. Electric railway journal . hcar, like those described above, has three double slidingdoors per side for passenger use. On the motor carsthere are also two single doors at each end into themotormens compartment and likewise two for the onecompartment of a control car. These cars are aboutone foot wider than the older ones, the body widthextending almost to the edge of the step board of theearlier type. They exceed cars of previous design inlength by a few inches. By the omission of the vestibulesingle doors and their replacement by double doors about10 ft. from the car end, allseats now fall within a dis-tance of 9 ft. from an exit,which distance, it wasfound, is about the maxi-mum distance that peoplewill go from a door. Thisintroduction of a largerdoor to serve both direc-tions will result, it is ex-pected, in the more expe-ditious handling of crowdsand, consequently, in ashorter stopping time. In the structural designof the bodies they havebeen treated as hollowgirders, which results ineconomv of material and. INTERIOR OF NEW PICCADILLY ROLLING STOCK reduction of weight, without sacrifice of strength andstiffness. No truss-rods are employed to reinforce thecar frame. Improved spring arrangements insure easyriding. The motor cars, being higher powered thantheir predecessors, will have both an increased speedand rate of acceleration. On non-stop runs a speedof 45 miles per hour can be attained. Improved brak-ing equipment will help speed up the service by short-ening the braking time. By reason of their added width, these cars are muchmore roomy than the old. There are no straps, but handrails and posts are conveniently placed at points neardoorways and open spaces for the support of standingpassengers. As an aid to patrons, the company has pro-vided these cars with two sets of train indicators, oneon either side of the center door. These contain thestations at which the train stops and a passenger cansee at a glance before boarding the train whether or not a stat
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