. Railway mechanical engineer . Sect/on At Bolster. y_ End Elevation and Cross Sections of the Erie Hopper Car the bottom is equipped with three sets of doors. Each open-ing is provided with two doors hinged crosswise of the doors are opened in multiples of four; that is, twopockeis, one on each side of the center sill, are operated from sooner or later damaged, the side stakes from being sidewiped and the tie braces from the lading. The sides onthese cars are braced differently from the usual practice, andinstead of using outside vertical side stakes spaced at regular. Erie Railroad 5
. Railway mechanical engineer . Sect/on At Bolster. y_ End Elevation and Cross Sections of the Erie Hopper Car the bottom is equipped with three sets of doors. Each open-ing is provided with two doors hinged crosswise of the doors are opened in multiples of four; that is, twopockeis, one on each side of the center sill, are operated from sooner or later damaged, the side stakes from being sidewiped and the tie braces from the lading. The sides onthese cars are braced differently from the usual practice, andinstead of using outside vertical side stakes spaced at regular. Erie Railroad 50-Ton Capacity Hopper Car one operating shaft. With this arrangement of hoppers,large and direct openings for discharging the lading are ob-tained. The total opening is from 30 to SO per cent greaterthan with the standard double hopper bottom type of car and, intervals between the bolsters, and bracing the sides by tyingthem together with tie braces, the main bracing on the out-side is longitudinal and on the inside vertical. There are twopressed steel stakes on each side, one at each bolster. These 457 458 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 90, No. 9
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