. Electric railway journal . ral wall isapproximately 6 ft. 3 in. The center part of the roof is made 4 in. higher than atthe ends, since at the middle section of the car which isoccupied by the well it is necessary to have a clear head-room of at least 6 ft. over the full width of the car for May 31, 1913.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 959 both decks. Except at the central ,well, however, this isnot necessary as the clear headroom has to be maintainedonly in the aisles, and at the sides of the upper deck thefloor is depressed in. to form a walking space in frontof the longitudinal upper-deck seat
. Electric railway journal . ral wall isapproximately 6 ft. 3 in. The center part of the roof is made 4 in. higher than atthe ends, since at the middle section of the car which isoccupied by the well it is necessary to have a clear head-room of at least 6 ft. over the full width of the car for May 31, 1913.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 959 both decks. Except at the central ,well, however, this isnot necessary as the clear headroom has to be maintainedonly in the aisles, and at the sides of the upper deck thefloor is depressed in. to form a walking space in frontof the longitudinal upper-deck seats. The depressed endsof the roof have been provided in order to permit the trol- top and a ^-in. x 4-in. bar at the bottom to serve as rein-forcement. This section of the siding is tied into the sid-ing on the lower deck by the side , which are made oftwo steel plates on either side of a 3-iri. channel iron anda wooden spacer. [he lower section of the siding isformed by 3/32-in. plate, reinforced by a Ya-m. x 3-in. bar. Pittsburgh Double-Deck Cars—View Showing ControllerUnder Stationary End-Seat with Extended Shaftfor Operating Handle Pittsburgh Double-Deck Cars—View at Rear End ShowingController and Brake Handles Removed to Pro-vide Room for Seated Passengers ley pole to swing out over the edge of the roof on a curveunder a low bridge and also to permit the installation ofroof ventilators without adding to the over-all height ofthe car. These ventilators are less than 4 in. high and theydo not extend above the level of the center part of the are installed instead of a forced-draft ventilatingsystem because the experience obtained with the originalcar has indicated that they will be sufficient even in winterweather when the car is completely inclosed. Practically the whole side of the car is designed to actas a beam and the entire weight of the car is transmitted at the top or just beneath the window sills on the first floorand reinforced at the bottom by a
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