. Electric railway journal . are 54 ft. 11 in. overbumpers and 8 ft. 3% in. over sheathing. The dropplatforms are given a ramp of IV2 in. toward the openside. The front platform of the motor car and the rearplatform of the trail car are 5 ft. 7 in. long, while therear platform of the motor car and the front platformof the trail car have a length of 6 ft. 7 in. With theseexceptions the motor and the trail cars are practicallyidentical in construction. The body length of both is 42 ft. 9 in. and the truck centers 29 ft. 9 in. The trucksare located symmetrically with respect to the entire car,but
. Electric railway journal . are 54 ft. 11 in. overbumpers and 8 ft. 3% in. over sheathing. The dropplatforms are given a ramp of IV2 in. toward the openside. The front platform of the motor car and the rearplatform of the trail car are 5 ft. 7 in. long, while therear platform of the motor car and the front platformof the trail car have a length of 6 ft. 7 in. With theseexceptions the motor and the trail cars are practicallyidentical in construction. The body length of both is 42 ft. 9 in. and the truck centers 29 ft. 9 in. The trucksare located symmetrically with respect to the entire car,but are off center relative to the body of the car. Thisarrangement was necessary to prevent the swing of thedrawbar from exceeding 63 deg. on the sharpest curve. The underframe is of steel with outside sills of 4-in. x %-in. angles, the 4-in. leg being vertical andreinforced with 12-in. x %-in. plates. There are nocenter sills and the car floor is supported on crosspieces. The end sills are box girders con-. FLOOR PLAN OF MOTOR CAR AND TRAILER structed of 4-in. channels with cover plates. The neces-sity of keeping the car floor as low as possible to securethe proper step heights and still allow proper clearancefor the multiple unit equipment underneath producedthis shallow underframe, which was further strength-ened by the use of lVo-m. truss rods. The body is of wood with concave and convex are fifteen windows on a side, the upper part be-ing stationary and the lower part arranged to raise. A
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