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Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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CTED BY O. M. REYNOLDS. heavy linoleum in one piece, an excel-lent article in a place requiring scrupulousneatness, since a hose can be turned onthis interior of the car without workinginjury to the furnishings, wh.-n once thebedding is removed from the cots. Besides the pains taken in a sanitarydirection, cheerfulness is induced by thepure white of the interior, which is alsovarnished, imparting an atmosphere ofcomfort that is quite homelike. The caris .1 standard passenger coach transformedinto its present shape by removing theseats and introducing the partition and roads have an efficient though ccstly hos-pital service, but there are none that canite suffering any better, nor justifytheir cost any better than this one, thatcan be rushed to the scene of trouble atan instants notice. Safety Appliances on Locomotives andCars. A new order issued by the InterstateCommerce Commission evinces a disposi-tion on the part of that body to get at theexact situation of things with reference to
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HOSriTAL CAR. the management to place the surplus ofcots at convenient points on the line, soas to be in readiness in case of an emer-gency. Lockers are in the operating room,built especially for the purpose of con-taining every appliance and convenienceknown to modern surgery—and they arefull. A drop table at the side of the caropposite the lockers, and a heating boilertogether with a combination water tankfor drinking and washing water at theend of this room, constitute an arrange-ment for convenience not capable of im-provement. The water details and thesink under the tanks are all copper, pol-ished. The floor is entirely covered with two side doors, as shown in th«! line en-graving which gives the dimensions ofthe rooms and shows the size and locationof the lockers in the elevations and plan.The car was fitted up for its mission ofmercy at the Morris Park shops, underthe direction of Superintendent of Mo-tive Power Prince, who has produced ahospital on wheels equal to any ordin

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