CH. VIII 



CHAPTER VIII 

 COMPARISON OF COACHES 



Plates II., VII., XL, XII., XVII., XVIII., XIX., 

 XX., and XXII. give drawings of coaches of vari- 

 ous types, all drawn to the same scale, one-half 

 inch to the foot, and printed dry,* so that the 

 dimensions are accurately shown. The duplicate 

 plates, on transparent paper, can be torn out and 

 superposed on the different plates for the purpose 

 of comparison. 



The coaches in Plates VII., XVII., XVIII., XIX., 

 XX., and XXII., being of the same period (1873 

 to 1896), differ mainly in details. It will be noticed 

 that XX. is lonoer than the others between the 

 axles, — a good point ; XXII. is much lower than the 

 others. The relative sizes of the boots, places of 

 driving-seats, and foot-board angles, are of interest. 



Since the bodies in all the coaches are nearly of 

 the same size, the differences of form and detail 

 may be most clearly observed by so placing the 

 transparent sheet that the ground lines and the 

 front or the back lines of the bodies coincide in the 



* That is, printed on paper which has not been wetted for print- 

 ing. The scale of the drawing has not been affected, therefore, by 



shrinkage. 



