. The street railway review . FIC. OPEN CAR FOR CHIC.\GO UNION TRACTION CO. 234 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 4. the end sills. The longitudinal truss rods are anchored to the sidesills immediately over the truck centers. Sections AA and BBshow the cross trusses and the body bolsters. The wheel houses or covers, for the large wheels are inuler theplatform scats, the tops of the covers being fitted with trap <loors rolling stock to meet the severe trafiic conditions of Chicagoscrowded streets. The principal dimensions are given on the draw-ings and a photograph of a finished c
. The street railway review . FIC. OPEN CAR FOR CHIC.\GO UNION TRACTION CO. 234 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 4. the end sills. The longitudinal truss rods are anchored to the sidesills immediately over the truck centers. Sections AA and BBshow the cross trusses and the body bolsters. The wheel houses or covers, for the large wheels are inuler theplatform scats, the tops of the covers being fitted with trap <loors rolling stock to meet the severe trafiic conditions of Chicagoscrowded streets. The principal dimensions are given on the draw-ings and a photograph of a finished car is reproduced in Fig. cars are mounted on Brill E 21 trucks with G. K. No. 52motors. The seating capacity is for 50 FIG. 4—31-FT. SINGLE TRUCK OPEN \R. for the purpose of giving access to the motor bearings and com-mutators. Nine cross seats spaced 2 ft. 11 in. center to center with reversiblebacks, and two additional seats at each end placed back to backgive a seating capacity for 65 passengers. At each side of the carare adjustable wooden bars to prevent egress and ingress from thewrong side. As it was found difficult to obtain material for thesebars in sufficient length to form them in one piece, and also tosecure greater convenience in lowering and raising, they are madein two sections joined by a hinge. When the bars are raised theyare held in place by an ingenious automatic catch consisting ofa metal acute-angle piece, loosely fastened at the lower end withthe short side normally in a horizontal plane and having the longstem slightly curved. An extra amount of metal is cast into thecurved side, causing the catch to drop back to its normal positionafter having been pushed in to permit the
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