. Electric railway review . ll be noted that thedesign is of unusually strong and rigid construction, for whichthe Brooklyn car is noted. All timbers in the underframeare of white oak, excepting the side sills, which are of yellowpine; side and end sills are 4-% by 7 inches, cross timbers are3% by 5% inches; longitudinals, 3 by 5% inches; auxiliaryend sills, 5% by 5% inches: subend sills, .54 by 4fi inches:and trap door timbers, 3% by 4Vfe inches. The entire underframe is double-mortised and tenoned,joints being secured by knee forgings and standard structuralsteel angles. Steel plates, 8 by %
. Electric railway review . ll be noted that thedesign is of unusually strong and rigid construction, for whichthe Brooklyn car is noted. All timbers in the underframeare of white oak, excepting the side sills, which are of yellowpine; side and end sills are 4-% by 7 inches, cross timbers are3% by 5% inches; longitudinals, 3 by 5% inches; auxiliaryend sills, 5% by 5% inches: subend sills, .54 by 4fi inches:and trap door timbers, 3% by 4Vfe inches. The entire underframe is double-mortised and tenoned,joints being secured by knee forgings and standard structuralsteel angles. Steel plates, 8 by % inches, are securely boltedto the side sills, and extend the entire length of car body. Thebolsters of steel plates are framed into the underframe topplate, S by % inches, and bottom. S by 1 inches. Platform bearers extend from subend sill and side sillsto the buffer angle iron, and are hung by bolts and steel cast-ings to the end sills; the outside bearers are 3ia by 6 by 3 70(1 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. Jew Brooklyn Cars—Side and End Elevation and Detail Showing Method of Fastening End Plates to Corner Post.
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