Railway Age Gazette, 1915, Vol. 89

Download or read book Railway Age Gazette, 1915, Vol. 89 written by Roy V. Wright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Age Gazette, 1915, Vol. 89: Including the American Engineer The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe has received from the Pullman Company 76 coaches and 49 chair cars of all-steel con struction, which were designed in the office of the engineer of car construction of the Santa Fe, and represent distinctly Santa Fe practices. The principal details are practically identical for both types of cars. The interior arrangement is the same, with the exception of the seats and an additional sink opposite the women's saloon in the chair cars, which is provided with hot and cold water and was installed for the convenience of women passengers traveling with children. The coaches will seat 83 passengers and the chair cars 76. The chair cars are used in the transcontinental service. Both types of cars measure 70 ft. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.