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C { ' Ct lY ] " ' -t t " ' : - : * t : w " f , f"Y fY < " I - LURE TO TRAVELERS As Its bid tor for the postwar traveling trade tradethe tradethe tradethe the railroad Industry Is Introducing sleek streamliners strnmliners streimliners embodying a awIde awide awide wIde variety of Improvements designed tor for ( or passenger comfort re- re relaxation relaxation re relaxation - - laxation and safety Topical Tplcal Tpical ) of the new ncw trains is this scale model of ofthe ofthe ofthe the observation lounge car of the Train of TomorrowPALACES Tomorrow TomorrowPALACES PALACES ON WHEELShnproved WHEELSImproved WHEELS WHEELSImproved Improved hnproved Service Is Ieynote Keynote KeynoteOf IeynoteOf ( Of Railroads9 Raih9oads Railroads ' Bid for Trade TradeWNV TradeWN1J WNV WNU WN1J Features Fealllres FeaturesFaced FeaturesFaced Faced with the keenest competition m In their long hIstory hIstoryfrom historyfrom historyfrom from the modern automob automobile e , bus and airplane alrplane AmerIcan AmerIcanraIlroads Americanrailroads Americanrailroads raIlroads are leaving leavmg no stone unturned unturnedin in their all ill < out bid forpassenger for forpassenger forpassenger passenger preference if the new streamliners streamlmers now enterIng enterIngI enteringthe enteringthe I the transportation picture are any criterion These new newI newstreamlmers newstreamhners newstreamliners I streamlmers streamhners sleek and beautifulin beautiful in their exterior appear appearance appearance appearance ance are modern palaces on wheels inside Determ ned to replace outmoded outrnoded outrnodedrolling ' rollmg rolling stock the railroads are add addIng adding adding Ing equipment eqwpment at an ever Increasmg Increasing Increasmgrate Increasingrate increasingrate rate as builders slowly recover recoverfrom recoverfrom recoverfrom from a wave of postwar strikes strikesand strikesand strikesand and work stoppages that have kept keptstrategic keptstrategic keptstrategic strategic supplies of steel roller rollerbearmgs rollerbearings rollerbearings bearmgs bearings air conditioning and cer certam certarn certain tam tarn electrical appliances hardware hardwareand hardwareand hardwareand and other materials coming into intotheIr intotheir intotheir theIr plants in a mere trickle tnckle since sinceV sinceV sinceVJ V J DayTraffic DayTraffic Day DayTraffic Traffic and revenue reports on onAmenca onAmerica onAmerica Amenca America s a first four postwar bul1t built bul1ttrams builttrains builttrains trams trains constructed by Pullman PullmanStandard PullmanStandard PullmanStandard Standard Car Manufacturing Manufacturmg com company company cornpany pany show that the public not only onlyis onlyis 15 is showing shomg sho\\ sho \ mg great Interest in m the new newtra newtra newtra tra ns but also is backing it up at the theticket theticket theticket ticket window wmdow The new equIpment equipmentis IS bringing brmgmg improved service and andthe andthe andthe the publ pubi c Is responding respondmg with Wlth In Increased increased increased creased patronage patronageStress Stress Comfort ComfortPostwar ComfortPostwar ComfortPostwar Postwar railroad coaches are de desIgned designed designed sIgned from end to end tor for passen passenger passenger passenger ger relaxation and comfortOne comfortOne comfort comfortOne One of the greatest postwar im mi improvements miprovements 1mprovements provements is in seating seatmg Coach Coachseats Coachseats Coachseats seats of the Sleepy Hollow type pro provIde provide provide vIde the ultimate in comfort ThIs ThIsseat Thisseat Thisseat seat so spaced as to give ample leg legroom legroom legroom room and provide a wide W1de range of ofadJustment ofadjustment ofadjustment adJustment of back and foot rest poSOLID porr1iA po- po poi - - - ; rr1iA 4 4c c- c cr ; - _ r ' ' . . i / / ' ' il ilI -I I - If i if f , m * f I iI > f / " Q % ' i ( SOLID CO COMFORT IFORT UltImate UltImateIn Ultimatein In comfort is afforded coach pas passengers passengers passengers sengers In the new streamline streamlinetrams streamlinetrains streamlinetrains trams trains now reaching reachmg the nation s a sraIlroads arailroads srailroads raIlroads The chaise longue longuc chair chairshown chairshown chairshown shown above provides ( full ulliength ulliengthrelaxatIon length lengthrelaxation lengthrelaxation lengthrelaxationsitlon relaxatIon relaxationsition sitlon slUon sition was developed as a d rect re resuit resuIt resuit suit of studies of 3 867 persons who whowere whowere whowere were measured by a university uDlverslty scl sclentlst Sc sclentist ! entlst entist to determine determme the sitting slttmg re requ requ requ qu rements cements of the average passenger passengerThIs passengerThis passengerThis ThIs reclining reclmlng seat is adjustable adiustable to to10 10 different positions and the foot footrest footrest tootrest rest has tour four positions posltJ.ons posltJons positionsIn posltJ.onsIn . In the ma n seating seatmg compart compartments compartments compartments ments of the new postwar cars a anew anew anew new type of lighting lIghtmg affords a high highdegree highdegree highdegree degree of readmg reading comfort and con conven conyen conven ven yen ence The reading lights In InstaIed installed installed staIed stalled ! in the overhead bagg baggge bagggerack baggagerack \ge ge < \ gerack rack are sre equipped with two lenses lenseseer lensesever eer \ % er each cross seat one to gIVe gIVeI1ght givetight giveBght I1ght tight tor for the window wmdow passenger the theother theother theother other tor for the aisle passenger Each Eachlight Eachlight Eachlight light has an Individual Indlvldual switch to rer rermlt permit er ermit mlt mit a passenger to read without d1s dis d1surbmg disurbung disurbmg urbmg urbung his neighborThe neighbor neighborThe The ' - - - - - - - - - new nc trains arc are particular ly Iy Interesting from k a color colorstandpoint colorstandpoint colorstandpoint standpoint Inasmuch as the new newcolor newcolor newcolor color themes are set by the route routeof routeof routeof of the train . . 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Ac .he he tans and andbrowns andbrowns andbrowns browns the follace foliage provides proyjdes : , the Che greens and the skies and andlakes andlakes lakes set the Interior color Cones tones ConesI Conestor tonesfor tonesfor I tor for the blues and graysFurther graysFurther grays graysFurther I graysI Further decorative effects elYects are ob obtained obtained obtalned tained through use ot of colorful fab fabrlcs fabrica fabrics rlcs rica for shades and chairs and mir mirrors mirrors mirrors rors In flesh or gold tones are used usedi usedfor usedtor i for bulkhead ornamentation Tmted Tinted Tmtedmurals Tintedmurals Tintedmurals murals also have made their appear appearance appearance appearance ance in postwar equipment done In Inspecial Inspecial inspecial special monochromatic colormg coloring colormgmatchmg coloringmatching coloringmatching matchmg matching or contrasting contrastmg to the wall walltones walltones walltones walltonesNo tones tonesNo tonesNo No Spilled Coffee CoffeeA CoffeeA CoffeeA A new postwar d ner ncr with Wlth diag diagonal1y diagonahly dlagonally onal1y onahly placed seats and tables has hasmade hasmade hasmade made its debut This diner seats its itspatrons itspatrons Itspatrons patrons at the sides ot of the car at atsquare atsquare atsquare square tables which are placed dl di dlagonal1y diagonally diagonally agonal1y agonally along the car wall This Thismodern Thismodem Tnismodem modern modem arrangement permits pa patrans pairons patrons trans irons to pursue a direct conversation conversational al attitude at the tables permIts permItsserving permitsserving permitsserving serving from between tables Insteadof Instead Insteadof insteadof of from the aisle and obviates the thenecessIty thenecessity thenecessity necessIty ol ot of reaching in front of one onepatron onepatron onepatron patron to serve another as is the thecustom thecustom thecustom custom to In the conventional dinerAlthough dinerAlthough diner dinerAlthough Although the ra railroads Toads and equip equip- equipment equipment . - ment builders have emphasized emphasizedbeauty emphasizedbeauty emphasizedbeauty beauty and comfort in tha the new post postwar postwar postwar war train no compromise has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made as to safety features lor for here heretoo heretoo heretoo too new ideas have been Incorporat incorporat- Incorporated - - ed into mto the finished fln1shed firushed productBaslcal1y productBasically product productBasically Basically Baslcal1y the streamline traIn traInmust trainmust trainmust must be lighter in weight than thanthe thanthe thanthe the old conventional eqUIpment equipmentIt It must be sleek of surface but butstrong butstrong butstrong strong enough to meet rigid re requlrements requirements requirements qulrements quirements of the raIlroads raIlroadsDevelopment railroadsDevelopment railroadsDevelopment Development of new materials for forconstruction forconstruction torconstruction construction ot of lightweight cars cre created created ereated ated many new problems and the thechoIce thechoice thechoice choIce ot of car b llldng iildng iild llld ng materials matenals and andprocesses andprocesses andprocesses processes came as the result of In Intenslve Intensive intensive tenslve tensive invest gallon gatlon gation by weldmg welding en englneers engineers engmeers glneers gineers and other research agencIes agenciesIt It is the conclusion ot of the nation s slargest slargest slargest largest car building buddmg plant that the so socalled socalled socalled called low alloys of steel of hlgh high hlghtensIle hightensile hightensile tensIle strength and the strong al allays alioys alloys lays ioys ot of aluminum alummum-together alummum together aluminum-together aluminum - together with W1th theadvantages the theadvantages theadvantages advantages of girder type construc construe constructlonoffer construetionoffer construetion tlon-offer tlon offer tion-offer tion - offer the combination of quah quail quahties quailties quailties ties most suitable tor for the building of ofmodern ofmodern otmodern modern lightweight passenger tram train tramcars traincars tramcars tramcarsExtensive cars carsExtensive Extensive testing testmg and service use useand useand useand and experience with Wlth severe forms of ofshock ofshock ofshock shock have confirmed the soundness soundnessof of these selections of basic car build buildIng building building Ing materials matenals and designsNo designsNo designs designsNo No Rude AwakemDgs Awakenings AwakemDgsPostwar AwakeningsPostwar AwakeningsPostwar Postwar cars are equipped with withthe withthe withthe the famous titelock tltelock titeloek coupler which whichoffers whichoffers whichoffers offers maximum safety by makmg making makmgvlrtual1y makingvirtually makingvirtually vlrtual1y virtually impossible the accIdent accidental al uncoupling ltncouplmg of cars and also adds addsto addsto addsto to the riding comfort of passengers passengersby passengersby passengersby by permitting permtttmg no slack between the thecars thecars thecars cars to cause lolts Jolts olt.s olts . in m start ng or orstoppmg orstopping orstoppmg orstoppmgDouble stoppmg stopping stoppmgDouble stoppingDouble Double pane shatter proof glass is isused Isused Isused used throughout the new lightweIght lightweIghtequIpment lightweightequipment lightweightequipment equIpment assuring msulat insulat on not notonly notonly notonly only against agamst frost ng zig and steaming of ofindows ofsindows ofwindows \\indows indows sindows \ but also against agamst outsIde outsIdenoises outsidenoises outsidenoises noises Special materials control controlI controltemperatures controltempratures controltemperatures I temperatures tempratures and reduce outs de do denOlses donoises denoises denoisesOn nOlses noises nOlsesOn noisesOn On some of the new equipmenttool equipment equipmentfool equipmentfool fool proof electric electnc impulses are sic re replacing replacing replacing placing the deft hand of the loco locomotive locomotive locomotive motive engineer in stopping h gh ghspped ghspeed ghspeed spped speed passenger trains Engmeers Engineers Engineerson Engmeerson on these streamliners merely press pressa a button when they wish to stop and anda anda anda a robot electrical aide makes all allthe allthe allthe the decisions from there onThIs onThis on onThis This new system results in m smooth smoother er and faster stops because the max maxImum maxImum maximum Imum of efficient braking brakmg is applied appliedautomatically appliedautomatically appliedautomatically automatically at each speed range rangeLoss rangeLoss rangeLoss Loss of efficiency effiCIE'ncy ' in stopping stoppmg which whichtakes whichtakes whichtakes takes place when train wheels slide slideis slideIs slideIs is eliminated by a decelostatYes decelostatYes decelostat decelostatYes Yes the postwar transportation transportationbattle transportationbattle transportationbattle battle is on on . . , and it all adds up to the thebest thebest thebest best deal the traveling public has hasyet hasyet hasyet yet been offered |