. Railway mechanical engineer . t was due to an increase in thevalue of the deliveries to the Argentine Republic during themonth to $118,720, as compared with $34,855 and $274,775. SouthAfrica imported locomotives in September to the value of $189,-330, as compared with $64,105 and $133,185, but there was a greatfalling off in the deliveries to India and Australia. Steel End Box Cars for the Santa Fe Box Cars of 40 Tons Capacity With InterestingExamples of Steel End and Side Door Construction The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe has recently received from the ends being of especially substantial co
. Railway mechanical engineer . t was due to an increase in thevalue of the deliveries to the Argentine Republic during themonth to $118,720, as compared with $34,855 and $274,775. SouthAfrica imported locomotives in September to the value of $189,-330, as compared with $64,105 and $133,185, but there was a greatfalling off in the deliveries to India and Australia. Steel End Box Cars for the Santa Fe Box Cars of 40 Tons Capacity With InterestingExamples of Steel End and Side Door Construction The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe has recently received from the ends being of especially substantial construction. The under- the Haskell & Barker Car Company, 700 36-ft. box cars of 80,000 frame is made up of 5 in. by 9 in. wooden longitudinal sills located lb. capacity, which include a number of interesting details of con- 9 in., 2 ft. V/A in. and 4 ft. 4 15/16 in. each side of the center line struction. These cars have steel ends and the truss rod type of of the car. The two center sills are reinforced with 8 in. ship. Santa Fe Box Cars underframe, and weigh 43,300 lb. The following is a list of the general dimensions: Length over end sills 37 ft. Length inside 36 ft. Width over side sills 9 ft. 1 ^in. Width over siding 9 ft. 3J4in. Width inside 8 ft. 6 in. channels located directly underneath them, which form the draftmembers of the underframe. The bolt holes in the side sills arelocated to give the car body a camber of 1 in., which mustbe maintained with no tension on the truss rods. The truss rodsare 1]4 in. in diameter and are located 6 in., 2 ft. 6Mi in., and
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