American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14761375995)

Identifier: americanengineer72newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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sheathed with tongued andgrooved boards, and is provided with 4 ft. sliding doors ateach side, an end door and a door to swing into the passengercompartment; this door is fitted with glass sash. The plat-forms are 4 feet 6 inches wide, and the roof is of the regularpassenger car pattern, two trolley poles and boards are pro- photograph shows one of these cars ready for service, built bythe J. G. Brill Company, and mounted on ordinary passengerear trucks. It is 39 ft. 4 in. over the dashers or crown pieces,and 7 ft. 6% in. wide at the posts. The width over the stepsis 9 ft. 8 in. The distance between truck centers is 25 ft. 6 in.There are fourteen benches or seats, ten of which have reversi-ble backs, the other four have stationary backs against bulkheads at the ends. The car is furnished with an ordinarymonitor roof, and the curtains at the sides are arranged tocome all the way to the floor, going outside of the ends of theseats. This is made possible by the use of the Brill round end
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Trailers for the N, Y, vided so that the car may run in either direction. There are twosand boxes, two gongs and gates to the vestibules. There aresix windows on each side of the passenger compartment, whichis fitted with cherry slat seats; drop seats are also placed inthe baggage compartment for use in case of crowding, andfor the accomodation of smokers. Altogether the car is ascomfortable and convenient as could be desired for use on aroad where high speeds are needed between stations separatedby short intervals. Oars of this type enable a frequent train , N. H. & H. R. R. seat panel, which in addition to the ordinary curvature is fittedto the seat with a round end so that the projecting corner,which usually interferes greatly with the lowering of the cur-tain, is out of the way. The curtains are of pantasote. Theside steps or running board have 12 inches rise and there aretwo on each step. The seats are of cherry and ash slats, theyare spaced 2 ft. 8 in. between centers. The p