. American engineer and railroad journal . FIG. 30.—DAMAGED SIDE AND CENTER FIG. 32.—RENT AND TORN END SILL. FIG. 3-—BADLY DAMAGED END SILL AND SHEETS. and is riveted to the end sill by the ten additional rivets, asshown in Fig. 34, which shows one of these repaired end sillsin place on the car. The cost of removing, straightening andreplacing one of these sills is not very great, asmay be seen by referring to the section on thecomparative cost of repairing steel and woodencars. The center sills on the N-8 hoppers are oftenbroken back of the draft lugs and in some in-stances have been
. American engineer and railroad journal . FIG. 30.—DAMAGED SIDE AND CENTER FIG. 32.—RENT AND TORN END SILL. FIG. 3-—BADLY DAMAGED END SILL AND SHEETS. and is riveted to the end sill by the ten additional rivets, asshown in Fig. 34, which shows one of these repaired end sillsin place on the car. The cost of removing, straightening andreplacing one of these sills is not very great, asmay be seen by referring to the section on thecomparative cost of repairing steel and woodencars. The center sills on the N-8 hoppers are oftenbroken back of the draft lugs and in some in-stances have been broken back of the the sills are broken back of the rear draftlugs and at least 854 in. from the bolster, asshown in Fig. 35, the old piece is spliced to thesill, as shown. If the break is back of the bol-ster and at least 8|4 in. from the bolster, asshown on the diagram, the old piece is splicedon. If the sills are broken between the draftlugs it is necessary to cut the sill 8*4 in. in frontof the bolster and splice on a new piece, or ifthe sills are broken on ei
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