. Railway mechanical engineer . The general construction of the side framing in all typesof cars discussed in this article is similar, the clere-story typeof construction being used. The side posts are J^-in. pressedsteel channel sections 4 in. wide placed with the backs at rightangles with the side of the car. The side plates are 4-in., The upper and lower deck carlines and the deck postsare made of one piece of J^-in. steel plate pressed in the formof a channel. The deck sills are 3-in. by 3-in. by 3 The outside belt rails are 4-in. by IJ^-in. by 7/16-in,dropper
. Railway mechanical engineer . The general construction of the side framing in all typesof cars discussed in this article is similar, the clere-story typeof construction being used. The side posts are J^-in. pressedsteel channel sections 4 in. wide placed with the backs at rightangles with the side of the car. The side plates are 4-in., The upper and lower deck carlines and the deck postsare made of one piece of J^-in. steel plate pressed in the formof a channel. The deck sills are 3-in. by 3-in. by 3 The outside belt rails are 4-in. by IJ^-in. by 7/16-in,dropper bars, and the inside belt rails are 3^-in. by 3/16-in. pressed angles, both extending the full length of thecar. The top of the outside belt rail is 2 ft. 11 1/16 in. abovethe bottom of the side sill. In the vestibule ends four 6-in., ). I-beams form thedoor and vestibule diaphragm posts and four 4-in., Z-bars. Section JiirougttHigh Ylindov).Vertical Sections of the Coach Side Construction Section TItrougti. Centernindon Post Cross Section of Coach at the Window the intermediate and corner posts. The cast-steel buffer ismounted directly on the center sill and is further reinforced bya 7-in., channel 2 ft. AY/y-m. each side of the center lineof the car. In the stub-end cars 12-in., I-beams are usedfor the door posts, and eight 4-in., Z-bars form the inter-mediate and corner posts, there being two corner posts at eachcorner. As in the vestibule end the buffer casting is attacheddirectly to the center sill. anti-telescoping plate extendsacross all sills back of the end sill. INSULATION The insulation for the floors of the coaches and diners con-sists of a layer of J^-in. ceilinite cemented to the steel sub- OCTOBKR, 1915 A(;i: :. Mice HAMCAI. HDITIOX 521 floor aiul passiiiK uiiik-r the six floor stririKcrs, a layer of 3-plysalamander, an air spac
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