. Railway mechanical engineer . pace of Sft. on each end of these cars is given over to toilet facilities,one compartment containing the closet, the other the washbowl with hot and cold water, a drinking fountain and mir-ror. The womens end contains in addition to this two seatswith leather covered cushions. The coaches weigh 141,000 lb. and have a seating capacity of 84, giving a dead weight of 1,680 lb. per passenger. Theseats are located on 2 ft. llj/^ in. centers. A womens washroom and a closet occupies a space 4 ft. 6J4 iri- long on oneend of these cars and the mens closet and the wash ro
. Railway mechanical engineer . pace of Sft. on each end of these cars is given over to toilet facilities,one compartment containing the closet, the other the washbowl with hot and cold water, a drinking fountain and mir-ror. The womens end contains in addition to this two seatswith leather covered cushions. The coaches weigh 141,000 lb. and have a seating capacity of 84, giving a dead weight of 1,680 lb. per passenger. Theseats are located on 2 ft. llj/^ in. centers. A womens washroom and a closet occupies a space 4 ft. 6J4 iri- long on oneend of these cars and the mens closet and the wash roomoccupies a space of 3 ft. 4J4 in. on the other end. The com-bination coach and baggage cars weigh 137,000 lb. and havea seating capacity of 36. The length of the baggage sectionis 40 ft. J4 in. and the coach section is 30 ft. J4 in- section is provided with a stove, a closet and cooler. The cars are of the clere story type, the upper deck win-dows having Ijeen omitted, and the only openings are those ajOt^fkvf ihtfi. Cross Section of the Burlington Passenger Cars required for the ventilators. The side carrying type of con-struction is used, the sides being considered as being sup-[lorted at the double body bolsters. This leaves the centersills to take care of the buffing and pulling strains are designed for a end shock of 400,000 as a static load. The center sills are made up of 144 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 9L No. 3 IS-in., 33-lb. channels spaced lo in. back to back with a the vestibule Syi-in. by 3-in. by 5/16-in. angles. The side 5/16-in. by 28-in. top coverplate extending from end sill to plates and side sills are 4-in., Z-bars. end sill, and a bottom coverplate Sg in. by 24 in. extending A cross section of the cars taken through the window is
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