. Railway mechanical engineer . 694 RAILWAY ENGINEER Vol. 91, No. 12 ing Company, Limited, of Darlington, England, to the de-signs of G. H. Sheffield, of ..iS Victoria Street, London, andaccording to the Sheffield-Tvvinberrovv system. The follow-ing are the leading dimensions: Length over end sills 25 ft. Length over buffers and couplings 28 ft. 8 in. Width, inside 5 ft. 6 in. Width, over side frames 5 ft. 11^ in. Center of trucks 19 ft. Truck wheclbase 3 ft. 6 in. Diameter of wheels on tread 18 in. Journals 3 in. by 6 in. Centers of journals 4 ft. Weight of car complete 13,200 lb.
. Railway mechanical engineer . 694 RAILWAY ENGINEER Vol. 91, No. 12 ing Company, Limited, of Darlington, England, to the de-signs of G. H. Sheffield, of ..iS Victoria Street, London, andaccording to the Sheffield-Tvvinberrovv system. The follow-ing are the leading dimensions: Length over end sills 25 ft. Length over buffers and couplings 28 ft. 8 in. Width, inside 5 ft. 6 in. Width, over side frames 5 ft. 11^ in. Center of trucks 19 ft. Truck wheclbase 3 ft. 6 in. Diameter of wheels on tread 18 in. Journals 3 in. by 6 in. Centers of journals 4 ft. Weight of car complete 13,200 lb. Carrying capacity tO 000 lb. to 44,000 lb. The general arrangement drawing shows that the hoppersare 9 ft. between centers. The inclination of the sides andends of the hoppers is 36 deg. and the openings are placedhorizontally 7 in. below the sills. Horizontal doors cover thebottoms of the hoppers. Each door runs on four rollers carried upon angle barguides, which are riveted to the framing of the hoppers. thick, and the door
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