. Electric railway journal . h may be of any type ordered. The underframe is of the all-steel type. The side sillsare composed of steel plates with an angle riveted tothe bottom edge to support the wood sill which carriesthe side and corner posts. The two I-beam center sillsrun through open bolsters and are securely riveted tothe end sill channels. The crossings are I-beams andangles. The three I-beam crossings in the center ofthe car bottom are bent so as to go under the center-sill I-beams and are riveted to the center beams andside plates. The angle crossings for motor traps, if any,are fas
. Electric railway journal . h may be of any type ordered. The underframe is of the all-steel type. The side sillsare composed of steel plates with an angle riveted tothe bottom edge to support the wood sill which carriesthe side and corner posts. The two I-beam center sillsrun through open bolsters and are securely riveted tothe end sill channels. The crossings are I-beams andangles. The three I-beam crossings in the center ofthe car bottom are bent so as to go under the center-sill I-beams and are riveted to the center beams andside plates. The angle crossings for motor traps, if any,are fastened in place like the beams. The floor of thecar is double. The vestibule and sides and ends of thecar body are sheathed with steel. The general dimensions are as follows: Length over thebody, 32 ft.; length over the buffers, 46 ft. 4 in.; widthat bottom, 8 ft. 2 in.; extreme width, 8 ft. 5 in.; centerto center side posts, 2 ft. 6 in., and height from the under-side of the sill to the top of the trolley boards, 9 ft. 1 View of Side Framing Showing Platform Framing restored to place as securely as those of a permanentlyclosed car. Furthermore, as the sides are attached andremoved from the outer side of the car body any handy manat the carhouse can remove or restore all used on one carin fifteen to thirty minutes. The sashes are interchangeable,will not rattle and are held securely to prevent the entranceof air. The design of the pillars is such that when the sashis removed the runs for the curtains will prevent the rainfrom beating in during summer showers. The sashesfor forty cars of this type would not require any morestorage space than that required for one car body ofthe same dimensions. , The construction of the car body allows for a very lowwater table, namely, about on a line with the top of theseat cushion. When used as a summer car the openspace from the top of the water table to the bottom ofthe side top is about 4 in. more than is allowed for theold type of ope
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