. Railway age gazette . Four-Wheel Steel Truck with Clasp Brake Rigging Used on the Central of New Jersey Steel Cars The cross crossbearers S-^ in. by 6 in. tie plates, 5 ft. 6 in. Ion,ties or floor supports are 6 in., 8 lb. channels. BODY FR.^ME The side posts are 3 in., 6 lb. channels, and the licit rail con-sists of a 4 in. by ^ in. bar outside, and a 4 in. by 4 in. barinside, with a 3 in,, 4 lb. channel separator with the back turned ward and riveted to the side posts; to the 3 in. leg there isriveted a 5 in. by 4 ■ plate, to the inner edge and on top ofwhich is riveted a 2/;: in. by 22 in
. Railway age gazette . Four-Wheel Steel Truck with Clasp Brake Rigging Used on the Central of New Jersey Steel Cars The cross crossbearers S-^ in. by 6 in. tie plates, 5 ft. 6 in. Ion,ties or floor supports are 6 in., 8 lb. channels. BODY FR.^ME The side posts are 3 in., 6 lb. channels, and the licit rail con-sists of a 4 in. by ^ in. bar outside, and a 4 in. by 4 in. barinside, with a 3 in,, 4 lb. channel separator with the back turned ward and riveted to the side posts; to the 3 in. leg there isriveted a 5 in. by 4 ■ plate, to the inner edge and on top ofwhich is riveted a 2/;: in. by 22 in. by 4 in. angle. RIlOF In the roof construction ^ in. pressed steel car lines areriveted to the side plate and to the ventilator rail or deck side 628 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION Vol, No. 12 -, Body £ndPlate. IS O Z Opening December. 1914 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION 629 sill, wiiich is a 3 in. by 3 in. by M in- angle. The two deck platesare also 3 in. by 3 in. by % •• angles, with % in. pressed steelcarlines connecting them. The lower deck roof sheets are 1/16in. plates and the upper deck 3/32 in. plates. END COXSTRUCTIOX The end sill of the body of the car is a 20 in. by /S in. steelplate riveted to the center sill and connected to the 3/16 end plates by angles. The center or door posts are 4in., 7/i lb. channels, while between each door post and thecorner post there is placed a 4 in., lb. Z-bar. A Z-bar of thesame size is employed at the corner, and to this is riveted a 4 3 in. by fs in. angle, the 4 in. leg of which is connected to the3/16 in. side sheathing of the car. These end posts are con-nected by 49 in. by 8 ft. 10 1/16 in. by 3/16 in plates, and at thetop by a 4 in., 7% H- channel forming the end plate of the car. The platform end sill is o
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