. Railway mechanical engineer . Floor Plan of Steel Baggage Car for the Union Pacific and the sills are given -;g-in. camber. The body bolsters aresteel castings and there are three crossbearers between thebody bolsters. The distance between truck centers is 56 11/16 in. Two sets of diagonal braces consisting of 4-in., The body side posts are 4-in. by 14-in. by 5/16-in. anglesand the side plate is a 5-in. by 4-in. by 9/16-in. angle. Thecarlines are 3-in., 4-Ib. channels extending through betweenthe side plates, and the end plate is a 4-in. by 2j4-in. by i^ The body corner posts a
. Railway mechanical engineer . Floor Plan of Steel Baggage Car for the Union Pacific and the sills are given -;g-in. camber. The body bolsters aresteel castings and there are three crossbearers between thebody bolsters. The distance between truck centers is 56 11/16 in. Two sets of diagonal braces consisting of 4-in., The body side posts are 4-in. by 14-in. by 5/16-in. anglesand the side plate is a 5-in. by 4-in. by 9/16-in. angle. Thecarlines are 3-in., 4-Ib. channels extending through betweenthe side plates, and the end plate is a 4-in. by 2j4-in. by i^ The body corner posts are 4-in., channels andthe door posts are 5-in., channels, there being two in-termediate posts consisting of Z-bars. The. End Construction of Postal and Baggage Car channels are employed between the center and sidesills and channels of the same size and weight are also usedto support the floor stringers, which are 254-in. by 2-in. by^-in. angles. The side sills are SA-m. by 8-in. angles, a 3/16-in. plate being riveted to the side sill and to the belt rail. vestibule door posts are 6-in., I-beams, braced at thetop to the body corner posts by 3-in. by 3-in. by %-in. angles,while a 6-in., 8-Ib. channel forms the vestibule end plate. Theend sheathing of the car body is yi in. thick. Above the floor stringers is placed .04-in. galvanized iron,above which there is a layer of .)4-in. Magnesite. Next to thisis a layer of i^ Xo. 20 gage Keystone flooring, abovewhich is placed the linal flooring, which is i/4-in. Salamander insulation is applied to the inside ofthe steel sheathing, and the windows as well as the interior July, 1915 At;K , M lOCHAXICAI. I
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