. American engineer and railroad journal . 75-TON ELAT CAR WITH AN 80-TON CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE LOADED ON IT. 75-TON STEEL FLAT CAR. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway has just com-pleted building, at the Collinwood shops, five 150,000 lb. flatcars for carrying heavy machinery, castings, etc. These carswere designed under the direction of Mr. R. B. Kendig, me-chanical engineer, and will carry a load of seventy-five tons,with the customary 10 per cent, overload, concentrated betweenthe needle beams. The general dimensions of these cars are asfo
. American engineer and railroad journal . 75-TON ELAT CAR WITH AN 80-TON CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE LOADED ON IT. 75-TON STEEL FLAT CAR. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway has just com-pleted building, at the Collinwood shops, five 150,000 lb. flatcars for carrying heavy machinery, castings, etc. These carswere designed under the direction of Mr. R. B. Kendig, me-chanical engineer, and will carry a load of seventy-five tons,with the customary 10 per cent, overload, concentrated betweenthe needle beams. The general dimensions of these cars are asfollows: Length over floor 35 Length over striking plates 36 Distance between truck renters 22 Width over side sills 9 6 54. Section on B-B Section on A-AEND VIEW AND CROSS-SECTIONS OF 75-TON STEEL FLAT CAR. \\ idth over flooring 9 10 Height, top of rail to top of floor 3 10A Truck, wheel base 9 6 Truck, diameter of wheels 33 Truck, journals 5 X 10 Weight ) lbs. The center sills arc continuous for the entire length of thecar and consist of a ^-in. plate, 24 in. deep, for a distance of7 ft. 4 in. at the center of the car, and 1^/2 in. deep at the bol-sters, with two 4 x 4 x 13/16 angles riveted, back to back, tothe upper edge and two 4 x 4 x >j-in. angles riveted along thelower edge. The inside angles along the lower edge extendthrough the bolster only, because of the rear draft lug. Thislug is specially heavy and backs up against the bolster centersill filler casting. The side sill is of a slightly different construction, the being \gl/> in. deep for a distance of 7 ft. 4 in. at thecenter of the car and uj4 in. deep at the bolsters. Angles areriveted on each side of this plate at bo
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