. American engineer and railroad journal . recom-mend standard lengths of sills and widthsoversillsfor refrigerator,box, stock, fiat, drop-bottom and drop-end gondola cars of 60,000,70,000 and 80,000 pounds capacity, and that the Association willadopt such standards. After this step has been taken, than, with sufficient experienceand knowledge to guide them, a committee could take up the sub-ject of steel underframing for freight cars, and, with good hope ofsuccess, present to the Association a series of designs for M. C. underframes that could be adopted and used, as far as theirgener
. American engineer and railroad journal . recom-mend standard lengths of sills and widthsoversillsfor refrigerator,box, stock, fiat, drop-bottom and drop-end gondola cars of 60,000,70,000 and 80,000 pounds capacity, and that the Association willadopt such standards. After this step has been taken, than, with sufficient experienceand knowledge to guide them, a committee could take up the sub-ject of steel underframing for freight cars, and, with good hope ofsuccess, present to the Association a series of designs for M. C. underframes that could be adopted and used, as far as theirgeneral features are concerned, without fear of serious failureensuing. As long as the main framing of foreign freight carscommg on ourrepair tracks is of timber (which can be cut and dressed to suit bythe ordinary carpenters tools), and of iron truss-rods and bolts (whichcan be cut or welded by any blacksmith), odd sizes of sills, etc., arenot such a serious matter, but when we come to steel and iron, which 162 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER.
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