. American engineer and railroad journal . ■ *• <otil hox r. :36-Foot 80,000-Pound Coal Car with Siding iHockinglValley 36-FOOT 80,000-POUND COAL CARS. Hocking Valley S. Stiffey, Master Mechanic. These cars are of wood, and are arranged to give large cubicalcapacity by placing the sideboards outside of the stakes. Theirweight is 29,000 pounds. In designing large capacity cars it is a problem to obtainsufficient cubical capacity without increasing the length morethan is desirable or increasing the height of the sides to suchan extent as to he inconvenient in loading and unloading.
. American engineer and railroad journal . ■ *• <otil hox r. :36-Foot 80,000-Pound Coal Car with Siding iHockinglValley 36-FOOT 80,000-POUND COAL CARS. Hocking Valley S. Stiffey, Master Mechanic. These cars are of wood, and are arranged to give large cubicalcapacity by placing the sideboards outside of the stakes. Theirweight is 29,000 pounds. In designing large capacity cars it is a problem to obtainsufficient cubical capacity without increasing the length morethan is desirable or increasing the height of the sides to suchan extent as to he inconvenient in loading and the construction here described undoubtedly offersseveral advantages. In this design Mr. Stiftey was confined to a certain heightand to the length of sills of the cars of 60,000 pounds capacitywhich were in use previously. To meet these conditions thenumber of longitudinal sills was increased from six to eightand large stakes were used, with sufficient width to extend atoe down against the inside face of the side sill. To preventthe side sills from
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