. Railway mechanical engineer . NOV! MB] R, l1 - R \\\ \\ \\ MM il \\K \l. ENGINEER 693 Fastened to the inside of the clerestory. The upper carlinesarc of ! s in. steel of Z section, 4\s in. high at the center andare placed directly above the lower deck carlines whereverpossible. They arc riveted to the inside deck plate and to thelower carlines. The body corner posts are built up of a 3in. by 4 in. angle Forming the corner with a 4 in. by 3 in. by3 in. Z-bar riveted to the inwardly extending flange of the. Transverse Section Through the Car Body angle and forming a point of attachment for the
. Railway mechanical engineer . NOV! MB] R, l1 - R \\\ \\ \\ MM il \\K \l. ENGINEER 693 Fastened to the inside of the clerestory. The upper carlinesarc of ! s in. steel of Z section, 4\s in. high at the center andare placed directly above the lower deck carlines whereverpossible. They arc riveted to the inside deck plate and to thelower carlines. The body corner posts are built up of a 3in. by 4 in. angle Forming the corner with a 4 in. by 3 in. by3 in. Z-bar riveted to the inwardly extending flange of the. Transverse Section Through the Car Body angle and forming a point of attachment for the end door posts are 6 in. I-beams to which wooden doorframes are fitted. There are two intermediate posts on eachside made up of 4 in. by 3 in. by 3 in. Z-bars, reinforced upto about two feet above the floor by 3 in. by 3 in. angles. Thevestibule diaphragm posts are of 6 in. I-beams and are bracedto the end posts of the body by 6 in. channels. The vestibule corner posts arc madi up of pressed steel with a wood outside plates below the window- are 3/16 in. thickand meet the window ledge under the belt rail. The letterboard and the pier plates are s in. thick and tin- outer deckplates 1/16 in. thick. The roof sheets arc 1/16 in. thick ex-cepting the hood sheets, which are No. 12 gage exterior of the cars is Finished in Tusi an red, the rail-way companys standard colors. Interior Finish The fittings in the interior of the car have been designed togive a pleasing app
Size: 1068px × 2340px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectrailroadengineering
