THE IERIGATION AGE. 



New Passenger Train Equip* 

 ment for Harriman Lines 



Continuing the policy of the Harriman system and 

 catering, to the wishes of the traveling public that safety, 

 speed and comfort be pro- 

 vided, lead to the adoption of 

 all steel, fireproof passenger 

 equipment. 



Steel, entering so largely 

 into the best forms of me- 

 chanical and architectural 

 structures, was decided upon 

 for future cars in preference 

 to continuing the building of 

 the wooden type of cars. 



At its best, the wooden 

 car carlnot be considered as 

 a solid unit and especially so 

 when compared to the sub- 

 stantially built steel car, with 

 its steel sides and other 

 members securely riveted 

 together. The absence of 

 wooden sills, flooring, etc., 

 completely eliminates a 1 1 

 danger from such source to 



passengers if trains should collide. The strength of the 

 new all steel equipment affords all possible protection 



ment consisting of all steel postal, baggage, chair car and 

 coaches, will constitute trains of unequalled construction, 

 beauty and strength. 



All cars of the new equipment are, so far as possible, 

 of uniform design. The sides, ceilings, partitions and 

 doors are made of steel plates reinforced by steel posts 

 and braces, forming practically a unit construction. 



The underframing of car consists of heavy steel 





Interior View of Mail Car. 



to the passenger. The addition of all steel dining and ob- 

 servation cars now under consideration, to the present equip- 



Exterior View of Baggage Car. 



beams braced throughout with diagonal and cross mem- 

 bers. The ends of underframing are reinforced with heavy 

 steel castings; the ends of car bodies are provided with 

 heavy angle iron posts 

 and braces, all secure- 

 ly held together with 

 heavy steel plates. 



All cars are pro- 

 vided with the most 

 efficient heating and 

 lighting system and 

 are heavily insulated 

 throughout with hair 

 felt. A duplex light- 

 ing system, consisting 

 of gas and electricity, 

 is provided on all 

 cars. 



. A most commend- 

 able feature is the 

 omission of the upper 

 deck type of roof and 

 its accompanying draft 

 producing ventilating 

 sashes. The roof of 

 the new equipment is 

 semi-elliptical in shape 

 and the ventilators 

 thereon are unequalled for efficiency and appearance. The 

 production of a draft throughout the car which would mean 



discomfort to the passengers, 

 is an impossibility. 



All cars are equipped with 

 cast steel trucks. 



The steel postal cars are 

 sixty-three feet long, over plat- 

 forms, when coupled, and weigh 

 approximately 108,000 pounds. 

 Baggage cars are of the same 

 length and weigh approximately 

 90,000 pounds. Coach and chair 

 cars are sixty-seven feet nine 

 inches over platforms when 

 coupled, and weigh approxi- 

 mately 94,000 pounds. Seating 

 capacity of coach, seventy-two; 

 of chair car, sixty. 



Interior View of Chair Car. 



Exterior View of Passenger Coach. 



