. The street railway review . work of the IJayton & NorthernTraction Co. 128 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol, XI, No. 2. NOVEL CAR IN BROOKLYN. OHIO NOTES. A car is now in operation on the lines of tlie Brooklyn HeightsR. R., Brooklyn, N. Y., which has a number of novel features. Thegeneral dimensions are: length over bumpers, 37 ft.; length ofbody, 28 ft.; width at sills, 7 ft.; width over all, 8 ft., i^ in.; heightfrom rail to trolley board, 11 ft., s in. The car is mounted on Brillmaximum traction trucks, the distance between bolsters being 18ft., II in. The electrical equipment comprises Westi
. The street railway review . work of the IJayton & NorthernTraction Co. 128 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol, XI, No. 2. NOVEL CAR IN BROOKLYN. OHIO NOTES. A car is now in operation on the lines of tlie Brooklyn HeightsR. R., Brooklyn, N. Y., which has a number of novel features. Thegeneral dimensions are: length over bumpers, 37 ft.; length ofbody, 28 ft.; width at sills, 7 ft.; width over all, 8 ft., i^ in.; heightfrom rail to trolley board, 11 ft., s in. The car is mounted on Brillmaximum traction trucks, the distance between bolsters being 18ft., II in. The electrical equipment comprises Westinghouse No. 68motors and K 11 controllers. The car is intended for both summer and winter service, and insummer the windows are all removed and stored at the barn. Thesash are rubber lined to prevent rattling, and are clamped to thewindow posts by iron strips screwed to the outside, being immov-able when in place. To remove or replace the windows is said torequire about 40 minutes. The curtains, which are used both suni-. INTERIOR OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS CAR. mer and winter, are mounted on fixtures furnished by the CurtauiSupply Co., of Chicago. The most interesting feature of the car is the style of seat, whichis a revolving type made by the Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.,of Wakefield, Mass. The interior of the car is shown in the illus-tration. The seats are arranged in pairs with one seat of the pairslightly in advance of the other. By pressing a pedal at the ba.;sthe chair can be turned through a half-revolution, thus permittingparties of four to have their seats facing if so desired. There arenine double revolving seats on each side of the car, and a sofa atone end, giving a seating capacity for 40 persons. The scats are ailupholstered in green pantasote. The arrangement of seats hasbeen found very convenient for both passengers and conductor. The car has electric heaters made by the Consolidated Car Heat-ing Co. Mr. Eugene Chamberlain, superintendent of equipment is thedesigne
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