Smithsonian Report, 1903. — Gibson. 



Plate I. 



Types of Modern American Cars for Heavy Electric-railway Service. 



At the ti'p i^ .1 Ki-i'dut ixpifss car, \veiKliiii,~ -."Ldoii ]hi\iii(1<, (i|Hn rrmn end to eiul for load; 

 diagon.il ilmns tn t.il<c in long iiieccs: spccil. :;:; niili-. Ncm i nines a -lO-foot trolley ear 

 with h.igLiagc ciiiiii.artnu'nt, I'riivideniT and l-all l;i\rf liraiich of Xew York, New- 

 Haven and Hartford Railroad; weighs l.'i.iitiU |iounds; seals J.s passengers. Below that 

 is a 41-foot 'J.'i.UUU jionnd ear with 'J-foot smoking coiniiartnieiit, intended for average 

 speed of 'M nnles. At the l.iottoni is a senueonvertilile parlor trolley ear for the BntYalo 

 railway, 41 feet S inehes long, ol.UUU pounds. All Ijy the J. (i. Brill Company. 



