The street railway review (1891) (14759290864)

«Steel frame car for Metropolitan Elevated, Chicago — Jewett Car Co.» (original caption)
Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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de view of the car and Fig. 2the plan of the vestibule. Ihe cab is so arranged as to form an enclosure on the platformwhen closed, giving ample room for the m.norman, as sh.nv.i m only depeiulom upon the widtli of Uic slidins door, whicli is 35 »■wide. -Another advantage of the omission of the end bulkhead isthat the interior carrying capacity of the car is greatly increased. The floor framing of these cars is of steel construction, the sidesills being e.xtra heavy, consisting of a 5-16-in. vertical plate withangles at the top and bottom, the cross section of which gives theappearance of a large 1-heani. This side sill is designed in theform of a truss, which does away with the truss rods. The entirefloor framing is covered with ,vi6-in. steel plates to which thestringers for holding the floor are bolted. The body framingthroughout is made of ash and the end of the car is strengthenedliv an anti-telescopiug device. ■Ilie inside finish is mahogany inlaid willi neat marciuetne. Ihe
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fTF.F.I.FR.\ME lAR FOR METROIIll.ITA N F,l.EV.\TEn, CHIC.\GO—JEWF.TT lAR lidiiiRdoor which is operated by a pneumatic door-opening and closingdevice. This device is operated by the guard who stands acrossthe two platforms, in a manner similar to thai which is in use 111operating platform gates. This device consists of an air cylinder which is fastened tothe side plate of the car, behind the headlining, with its piston rodattached direct to the door, and is operated by means of a four way headlining is painted green wilh gold decoration. The seats at endsare longitudinal and in the center of the car are eight stationary crossseats. These seats are of the Hale & Kilburn steel

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