IMPROVED RAILROAD CARS
There is perhaps no mechanical subject in which improvements has advanced so rapidly, within
the last ten years, as that of railroad passenger cars. Let any person contrast the awkward and
uncouth cars of 35 with the superbly splendid long cars now running on several of the eastern
roads, and he will find it difficult to convey to a third party, a correct idea of the vast extent of
improvement. Some of the most elegant cars of this class, and which are of a capacity to
accommodate from sixty to eighty passengers, and run with a steadiness hardly equalled by a
steamboat in still water, are manufactured by Davenport & Bridges, at their establishment in
Cambridgeport, Mass. The manufactures have recently introduced a variety of excellent
improvements in the construction of trucks, springs, and connections, which are calculated to
avoid atmospheric resistance, secure safety and convenience, and contribute ease and comfort to
passengers, while flying at the rate of 30 to 40 miles per hour. We purpose to give a particular
description of these improvements, accompanied with suitable engravings, in our next number,
that our readers may be enabled to appreciate more fully the progress of improvements in this
branch of mechanism .