. Electric railway journal . l take time to get results, butthat will be as true to-morrow as it is to-day. An ener-getic campaign ably conducted along the lines sug-gested should produce gratifying results at a cost whichshould be negligible in the light of the good accom-plished. Semi-Steel Trailers Built byCleveland Railway The Company Has Undertaken the Construction ofTwenty-five Cars in Its New HarvardAvenue Repair Shops RECENTLY the excellent facilities provided in thenew Harvard Avenue shops of the Cleveland Rail-way tempted the railway officials to undertake the con-struction of twenty
. Electric railway journal . l take time to get results, butthat will be as true to-morrow as it is to-day. An ener-getic campaign ably conducted along the lines sug-gested should produce gratifying results at a cost whichshould be negligible in the light of the good accom-plished. Semi-Steel Trailers Built byCleveland Railway The Company Has Undertaken the Construction ofTwenty-five Cars in Its New HarvardAvenue Repair Shops RECENTLY the excellent facilities provided in thenew Harvard Avenue shops of the Cleveland Rail-way tempted the railway officials to undertake the con-struction of twenty-five 49-ft. semi-steel trail cars, andfrom the mechanical standpoint this venture has beenentirely successful. However, inasmuch as the entireorder is not completed, it is not possible to compare costfigures. For the new cars the under frame is constructed with4-in. channel center sills and crossings, diagonally bracedat the bolsters with steel bars. The side of the carbelow the windows is constructed as a steel girder with. CLEVELAND SEMI-STEEL TRAILER—SIDE GIRDERS IN JIG SUBSE-QUENT TO RIVETING AND READY FOR REMOVAL a 4-in. x 4-in. x 5/16-in. angle as a lower member and a%-in. x 3V2-in. bar as an upper member, a Vs-in. steelplate being in between. The channel crossings rest onthe horizontal leg of the 4-in. x 4-in. angle, and aresecured thereto by large 3/16-in. gusset plates. The%-in. x Sy2-m. bar is inside the side plates, which areflanged at the upper edge to give transverse posts are secured to the Vs-in. side plate by l*4-in. x l^-in. angles. The roof of the car is of the railway companys stand-ard contour plain arch type. It is built on steel car-lines cut from No. 14 sheet steel. At the upper edgeof the carline a 1-in. x 1-in. wood strip is bolted, towhich the roof boards are nailed. At the lower edge ofthe carline another wood strip is bolted, to which theheadlining is fastened. 268 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 7
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