. American engineer and railroad journal . cture. The side posts are narroweddown and bent inward at the top, form-ing the lower deck carlins. They areconnected at the upper ends to the com-bined deck sill and plate formed of asheet steel member pressed into a spe-cial channel section. The openings forthe deck windows are cut in the web ofthis member, which is reinforced bymalleable iron posts of special designbetween the window openings. Theupper deck carlins are of a structuresimilar to the side posts, being securedto the upper flange of the deck plate. The side and roof sheathing is ofsteel
. American engineer and railroad journal . cture. The side posts are narroweddown and bent inward at the top, form-ing the lower deck carlins. They areconnected at the upper ends to the com-bined deck sill and plate formed of asheet steel member pressed into a spe-cial channel section. The openings forthe deck windows are cut in the web ofthis member, which is reinforced bymalleable iron posts of special designbetween the window openings. Theupper deck carlins are of a structuresimilar to the side posts, being securedto the upper flange of the deck plate. The side and roof sheathing is ofsteel plates, the roof being 3/32 and the side ]/g in. in inside sheathing below the eavesis of 1/16-in. steel plate to the unex-posed face of which is cemented 3 All of the interior furniture is of steel,and conforms to the regulations of thepost-office department. The letter cases are built up of steel plates and wire and the larger cases aremade of 1/16-in. sheet steel reinforced with angle irons. This. SECTIONAL ELEVATION AND DETAILS OF FRAMING—/0-FOOT ALL-STEEL POSTAL CAR. car contains but 370 lbs. of wood, is lighted by electricity andheated by steam. It weighs 128,000 lbs. 262 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. //iafr 59-U- -■-
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