. Electric railway journal . Bay State Express Car—Body Framing Bay State Express Car—View of Interior forming a turtleback roof. The rafters connecting the steel carlines are attached to the body plate, and the roof is bolsters and the center doorposts are of 2-in. x 2l/2-m. x installed with J^-in. poplar sheathing covered with prepared 3/16-in. angle irons and form a truss roof. The body plate cotton duck roofing. is of 2]/2-m. x 2-in. x 3/16-in. angle iron run in one length The side from the body sill plate to the roof is sheathed from corner post to corner post and extending 6 in. beyond w
. Electric railway journal . Bay State Express Car—Body Framing Bay State Express Car—View of Interior forming a turtleback roof. The rafters connecting the steel carlines are attached to the body plate, and the roof is bolsters and the center doorposts are of 2-in. x 2l/2-m. x installed with J^-in. poplar sheathing covered with prepared 3/16-in. angle irons and form a truss roof. The body plate cotton duck roofing. is of 2]/2-m. x 2-in. x 3/16-in. angle iron run in one length The side from the body sill plate to the roof is sheathed from corner post to corner post and extending 6 in. beyond with %-in. tongued and grooved hard pine. Wooden the post to provide a fastening for the bonnet bow of the sheathing was found to be lighter than steel plate on ac- K —. Section F-F Section A-A Section B-B Section D-D Bay State Express Car—Framing Plans and Elevations, Sections, Etc. vestibule. Steel carlines, composed of 2-in. x 2l/2-\ri. x3/16-in. angles, are provided at intervals along the upperbelt rail, and these are drilled for 24-in. pipe conduit, whichserves the threefold purpose of carrying wires and bellcord and strengthening the roof structure. Wooden car- count of the additional furring necessary with the the inside the sheathing is constructed only with pro-tection strips of ash which also serve for tying up boxes andbarrels. Ten ventilators are installed on each side directlyunder the body plate, these being of the type described in September 27, ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 493 the previous article and having adjustable louvers. Theside doors are 6 ft. square and are of ij4-in. ash, with ashpanels and three stationary windows in the upper body end partitions are each of V/2-m. x jMs-in. angle-iron bar filled i
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