. Railway age gazette . -J .s- October, 1914 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE. MECHANICAL EDITION 525 also of channel section and the car is 68 ft. long over end sills, few years for the Sudan Government Railway the side sills con- with the trucks placed at 47 ft. centers. Some sleeping cars sist of 10 in. I-beams. At a distance of 2 ft. 10 in. from the built by the London & North Western for the West Coast Joint end sill the side sills are bent toward the center of the car. Stock form still another example of the truss rnd method of making the end sill 7 ft. long, while at other points on the 60. Underfra
. Railway age gazette . -J .s- October, 1914 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE. MECHANICAL EDITION 525 also of channel section and the car is 68 ft. long over end sills, few years for the Sudan Government Railway the side sills con- with the trucks placed at 47 ft. centers. Some sleeping cars sist of 10 in. I-beams. At a distance of 2 ft. 10 in. from the built by the London & North Western for the West Coast Joint end sill the side sills are bent toward the center of the car. Stock form still another example of the truss rnd method of making the end sill 7 ft. long, while at other points on the 60. Underframe of the Metropolitan District Car construction. These cars are mounted on six-wheel trucks, andwhile not in use on these particular truck frames, it is of in-terest to note that the truss rod arrangement is employed forstrengthening the side frames of steel trucks in some cases on ft. frame the width is 8 ft. 10 in. The center sills are 6 , and both the center and side sills are fitted with lYzin. truss rods with queen posts spaced 14 ft. 5% in. are tliree centra! cross members composed of 6 5/16 in.
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