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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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tained by the insideiron truss, which may be observed in Fig. 8. The outside sheathing below the belt rail is glued in theusual manner, and in addition a y^-in x 2-in. iron band isscrewed just under the belt rail over the endsof the sheathing, while a half oval strip pro-tects the bottom edges. The eave rail is of2-in. x 3-in. angle iron. The roof is of the canopy type. A feature outof the ordinary is that a roof mat extends overthe whole of the upper deck. This mat was soplaced as to protect the roof from blows fromthe trolley and from the shoes of the trainmen.The interior of the car is divided by a glasspartition into a smoking and main passenger^ compartment. The finish in imitation of an- tique oak not only gives a very attractive ap-pearance to the interior, but it does not show dirt as readilyas a lighter finish. An objection to it, however, is that thelighting is not as effective as it would be with a lighter finish.The car is heated by electric heaters placed under the seats.
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FIG. 8. -INTERIOR OF CAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SHOWINGINSIDE TRUSSES FIG. 9.- -END OF CAR, SHOWING I-REAMS, UPON WHICH THEPLATFORM AND VESTIBULE ARE BUILT floors is a layer of asbestos. The platform floor is laid- cross-wise, and each piece is screwed to each I-beam by screwspassing through drilled holes in the webs of the beams. The3-in. white oak head block, shown in Fig. 6, is also secured tothe I-beams just behind the channel bar, forming the bumper.Each of the side posts is secured to the side sill and to theplate by a draw bolt extending through the sill and nuttedon the opposite side. The belt rail under the windows is se- Heat is required during a comparatively short period of theyear in this climate, and this makes electric heating preferableto the employment of a hot-water system. The car is mounted on Taylor trucks, and the fact thatthere are no dropping platform timbers permitted the trucksto be placed as near the end of the car as the clearance ofthe steps would allow. They

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