. The street railway review . are three fixed curved windows at each end. The windowframes are of teak, the bearers of ash, and the inside roof is finishedin ash boarding and painted white. The staircase is enclosed by a wood and glass partition with asliding door, completely enclosing the staircase and obviating the ^B^^B^ -^^ s A, i iiia^^ I^hm^IIp i^SI INTERIOR BIRKENHEAD COVERED TOP DECK. discomfort caused to passengers by the drafts which generally ac-company this form of cover. The trolley base is fixed on the outside of the roof, as in thesingle deck type of car, and by the removal of t
. The street railway review . are three fixed curved windows at each end. The windowframes are of teak, the bearers of ash, and the inside roof is finishedin ash boarding and painted white. The staircase is enclosed by a wood and glass partition with asliding door, completely enclosing the staircase and obviating the ^B^^B^ -^^ s A, i iiia^^ I^hm^IIp i^SI INTERIOR BIRKENHEAD COVERED TOP DECK. discomfort caused to passengers by the drafts which generally ac-company this form of cover. The trolley base is fixed on the outside of the roof, as in thesingle deck type of car, and by the removal of the trolley standardadditional seating accommodation is obtained for one passenger. The measurements are as follows: Length of cover, 33 ft. 6 in.;width of cover, 7 ft. 3 in.; height inside, 6 ft.; over-all height ofcar (including trolley base), 17 ft. iH i- ^^^^_ 1 n HBi j^^^^^wffr ^^^ -n •_ ■ -.,. ■ 1 HM^^H 1 It ^^^W^^Bl^^^^^^M l^^^^^H iriH BlBBXHBIAr CDZPOBATIDK TBASTfAT* ^^^1 ^^I^^^^^^^^^^H B t^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H. SHEFFIELD CAR. covering in Sheffield consists of a roof boarded on the under-side with tongue and groove pitch pine boards, highly varnished,and with Eros ventilators fixed in a manner similar to those in Nov. 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 885 steam railway carriages. The ends of the covers are specially ar-ranged £or the type of staircase which is known as the straightstairway, and in order not to affect the seating capacity the doorsare in two halves arranged to fold up against the side of the ends consist of narrow pitch pine boarding with a large windowfitted in and the canopies of the roof are extended over in order togive the roof an improved appearance. The sides are worked onthe Magrini patent principle which is adopted by tjie majority ofmunicipalities in Great Britain, and they are worked by means ofpinion wheel, rack and spindle; they slide down behind the screen-board in one length. .\ very considerable advantage in
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