. Railway mechanical engineer . The tee Hatch Door piece from side to side of the car, the ends up be-Hveen the corkboard insulation on the lower part of the siding is insulated with four layers -3i9K- ^irSpace. Sections Throuflh the Ice Bunkers, Showing the Insulated Bulkhead 1-in. corkboard. Before the felt paper is applied the topsurface of the corkboard is coated with hot odorless asphal-tum to tightly seal all joints. Beneath the two 1-inch thick-nesses of corkboard there is a 13/16-in. subfloor. of ^-in. corkboard. The inside lining is beveled at the bot-tom and caul
. Railway mechanical engineer . The tee Hatch Door piece from side to side of the car, the ends up be-Hveen the corkboard insulation on the lower part of the siding is insulated with four layers -3i9K- ^irSpace. Sections Throuflh the Ice Bunkers, Showing the Insulated Bulkhead 1-in. corkboard. Before the felt paper is applied the topsurface of the corkboard is coated with hot odorless asphal-tum to tightly seal all joints. Beneath the two 1-inch thick-nesses of corkboard there is a 13/16-in. subfloor. of ^-in. corkboard. The inside lining is beveled at the bot-tom and caulked to prevent water on the inside of the carseeping through into the insulation, causing its deteriora-tion. The felt paper extends throughout the entire side of December, 1917 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 687 the car between the inside lining and the insulation. Abovethe corkboard there are four layers of J-l-in. hair-felt, cov-ered with asphaltum insulating paper, laid directly on eachother with no air space between them. They are held at thebelt rails by -J-^-in. by 2-in. furring strips, as shown in The insulation passes around the corners ofthe car in continuous pieces to better provide a tight insulat
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