. The Street railway journal . Street Ry. Journal PERSPECTIVE OF CROSSING OF THE THREELINES AT THE PLACE DE LOPERA The trains normally are made up of one motorcar and three trail cars. During rush hours theyconsist of two motor cars and five trailers, thesecond motor car being placed either at the heador rear of the train, according to after the disaster of Aug. 10, 1903, it was recom-mended that the two motor cars should always be coupled atthe head of the train, the safety being presumably greater, but To Trocadero. PLAN OF CROSSINGS OF LINES 3, 7 AND S AT THE PLACEDE
. The Street railway journal . Street Ry. Journal PERSPECTIVE OF CROSSING OF THE THREELINES AT THE PLACE DE LOPERA The trains normally are made up of one motorcar and three trail cars. During rush hours theyconsist of two motor cars and five trailers, thesecond motor car being placed either at the heador rear of the train, according to after the disaster of Aug. 10, 1903, it was recom-mended that the two motor cars should always be coupled atthe head of the train, the safety being presumably greater, but To Trocadero. PLAN OF CROSSINGS OF LINES 3, 7 AND S AT THE PLACEDE LOPERA Street PLAN OF CROSSINGS OF LINES 1 AND 2 AT THE PLACE DE LETOILE thorized, number eight, none of which will extend beyond thecity walls. To be sure that the operations of the railwayshould be confined to local transportation, the National Gov-ernment originally specified that the Paris municipality shouldinstall a narrow gage. The gage of meters now in servicewas agreed upon later, but the tunnel dimensions remain asfirst designed—that is, a few inches smaller than the standardrequired by the French railway cars. The object of this was,of course, to pi event the rolling stock of the Metropolitan linesbeing used on other systems, and vice versa. It is difficult -to the old way of coupling the motor cars at each end of the trainhas again come into vogue. Before leaving the two lines already in service, it should bestated that a number of the Westinghouse motor cars in use onthem have recently been provided wi
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