Matt Johnson wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 4:54 pm any switch to single level equipment would lead to the boarding complications of using traps, though that obviously didn't stop Siemens from replacing the most recent bilevel order with single level equipment.Not necessarily. Fixed steps were rhe standard until the streamline era, and some roads (SP comes to mind) ordered some of their LW cars with fixed steps.
Traps were sprung or piston equipped pieces of 1/4” sheet metal.
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