. Tourillon de chemin de fer électrique . positions de tête les roues avant de chaque chariot servent de roues libres et se dégager des rails pour les roues motrices. En plus du programme de révision, les cravates spéciales suivantes ont été achetées et installées : sonnettes à simple course Consolidated CarHeating Companys pour les signaux de conductorsand motormens, phares Golden Glow, moteur de porte Na-tional Pneumatic Companys, fonctionnement manuel, freins sans barre de traction Peacock et barres de traction radiales Tomlin-son. Une vue de la disposition de la plate-forme thermique de l'une de ces voitures reconstruites est illustrée dans l'illustration ci-jointe. 1028 ELECTRIQUE R

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. Electric railway journal . henew positions the front wheels of each truck serve asidlers and clear the rails for the motor wheels. As apart of the overhauling program the following special-ties were purchased and installed: Consolidated CarHeating Companys single-stroke bells for conductorsand motormens signals, Golden Glow headlights, Na-tional Pneumatic Companys door engine arranged formanual operation, Peacock staffless brakes and Tomlin-son radial drawbars. A view of the arrangement of therear platform of one of these rebuilt cars is shown inthe accompanying illustration. 1028 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 20 One-Man Cars Giving UnrestrictedView Forward Topeka (Kan.) Railway Is Remodeling Thirty 30-ft.Single-Truck Cars for One-Man Operation At a cost of about $1800 per car, the Topeka (Kan.)Railway is remodeling thirty single-truck, 30-ft., double-end cars, some of which have been in use forthirteen years, for one-man operation, incorporatingsome of the latest ideas in the design of cars of this. EXTERIOR OF REBUILT ONE-MAN CAR, TOPEKA (KAN.) RAILWAY type. The result is an increase in seating capacityfrom twenty-eight to forty passengers and a reduc-tion in weight from 22, 500 lb. to 22, 000 lb., the latterweight including added air-brake and air-operateddoor equipment. As far as appearance is concerned, one of the mostradical alterations was in the roof, formerly of themonitor type. The upper deck roof was dropped bysawing off the posts supporting it and wooden blockswere filled in to give a smooth contour for the canvascovering. Steel stay rods were inserted to strengthen

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