Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1914 — Replace Wooden Cars With Steel. [ARTICLE]

Replace Wooden Cars With Steel.

All steel carriages are to be used on the Scottish expresses. It is learned that the North British railroad directorate has recently placed a contract with Messrs. Cravens of Darnall, Sheffield, fJr five restaurant cars and one opfen first-class carriage for dining trains. These six coaches will each have a length of 65 feet and a width of nine feet, and they will al} be built with steel underframes, while the body structure, with the single exception of the internal decorations, will also be composed entirely of steel. AU ordinary wooden flooring will be replaced by fireproof material laid upon corrugated iron sheets, rendering the whole exterior of the carriage fireproof. Electricity will be the illuminant used; and although the cooking in the kitchens will be by means of gas, there will be cylinders, 'having special valves, which will cut off the escape of gas should any damage take place to the gas pipes. This new allsteel rolling stock will be ready for service towards the end of the current year.