. American engineer and railroad journal . outsidesheathing, the roof, the inside finish and theheadlining. Wood nailing strips are placed inthe bottom framing for securing the flooring,there being one deafening floor below the sills,and the two upper floors. The finished flooris of Flexolith composition material, manu-factured by the General Railway Supply Com-pany. This composition is laid over expandedmetal, which is attached to the upper courseof wood flooring. The lower floors are fur-ther insulated with a course of iH-inch hairfelt placed between the floor nailing strips. Extremely heavy
. American engineer and railroad journal . outsidesheathing, the roof, the inside finish and theheadlining. Wood nailing strips are placed inthe bottom framing for securing the flooring,there being one deafening floor below the sills,and the two upper floors. The finished flooris of Flexolith composition material, manu-factured by the General Railway Supply Com-pany. This composition is laid over expandedmetal, which is attached to the upper courseof wood flooring. The lower floors are fur-ther insulated with a course of iH-inch hairfelt placed between the floor nailing strips. Extremely heavy draft and buffer attach-ments are provided. Miner friction draft rig-ging and Forsyth friction buffers being trucks used under the buffet library carsare the Commonwealth cast steel six-wheeltruck frame, equipped with Paige 38-inchwheels, Franklin journal boxes and Diamondspecial brake beams. This car, instead of being placed at the for-ward end of the train, as is usual with buffetlibrary cars, i^ in be placed in the middle of. SOFA IN LIBRARY. November, 1909. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 451 This treatment consists in carefully coating the marquetry .111 ■ 1it is placed in position with a composition, which is removedatter the ground work has been filled. This treatment gives 1 clean-cut contrast and naturalness to the marquetry that is lack-ing in much of this sort of decoration to be found in passengercar ornamentation. One of the noticeable features of the interior is the entire ab-sence of square or angular corners in the library room. Thebulkheads, side walls and partitions have round corners, form-ing a continuity of line which gives a pleasing relief from theusual box effect and thereby contributes to the general air ofcomfort and repose, which is the characteristic idea idea of the curved lines is carried into both the lower andupper deck in the library room and appears both in the ogeecurve in the headlining and in the coloring,
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