. Electric railway journal . Fig. 1—Car with I-beam and Wood Filler UnderframingStruck in the Rear The I-beams on car, Fig. 1, are shown to be in perfect condition,while the same members on car, Fig. 2, from which the woodfillers were removed, are bent downward and twisted. The center and intermediate sill construction of both cars. Fig. 3—View of General Damage to the Car Shown in Fig. 2 was identical, namely, of 6-in. I-beams, with yellow pine fillerscontinuous from bumper to bumper, with the exception that thetop flange of the I-beam on car, Fig. 2, was cut away to receivecrown pieces, whil
. Electric railway journal . Fig. 1—Car with I-beam and Wood Filler UnderframingStruck in the Rear The I-beams on car, Fig. 1, are shown to be in perfect condition,while the same members on car, Fig. 2, from which the woodfillers were removed, are bent downward and twisted. The center and intermediate sill construction of both cars. Fig. 3—View of General Damage to the Car Shown in Fig. 2 was identical, namely, of 6-in. I-beams, with yellow pine fillerscontinuous from bumper to bumper, with the exception that thetop flange of the I-beam on car, Fig. 2, was cut away to receivecrown pieces, while the crown pieces on car, Fig. 1, were gainedto fit over the sills. This latter construction gave the full sec-tion of the I-beam from bumper to cars telescoped on striking. The buffer of the car, Fig. 1, rode over the car, Fig. 2, so that the bumper of the car, Fig. 1,was within a few inches of the bulkhead of the other car. Thecars were of the same height over the bumpers, and the com-pany believe that they would not have telescoped if the I-beamsills had not cut away on car, Fig. 2, causing the nosing to beknocked downward and thereby allowing the other car to rideover. Two cars of the same sill construction as Fig. 1 havebeen in a more severe collision than the one here noted and thedamage was slight, the r
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