. Electric railway journal . op. Theseadvantages do not apply to welded joints. Why round head rivets are used and no attempt made to conceal the heads in Niles SteelCars. Because they make stronger joints for thin steel sheets than countersunk heads, can bemore easily removed and do not cause the paint to drop out over rivet heads. Because the public wants and appreciates steel cars and the exposed rivet heads advertisethe fact that you are giving them steel cars different in appearance from the smoothlyfinished wooden car. Consider these points, look at the Niles Steel Car shown above and in
. Electric railway journal . op. Theseadvantages do not apply to welded joints. Why round head rivets are used and no attempt made to conceal the heads in Niles SteelCars. Because they make stronger joints for thin steel sheets than countersunk heads, can bemore easily removed and do not cause the paint to drop out over rivet heads. Because the public wants and appreciates steel cars and the exposed rivet heads advertisethe fact that you are giving them steel cars different in appearance from the smoothlyfinished wooden car. Consider these points, look at the Niles Steel Car shown above and insist on this construc-tion, even if it does cost a little more. It is lighter, stronger and more economically main-tained. Niles Car & Mfg. Co. Niles, Ohio January 2, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 67 SAFETY FIRST A Collision —The Result Running at full speed (60 miles an hour) Coach No. 25 ran smack into Traction Enginestalled on the tracks. What happened is most convincingly told in the accompanyingillustrations. ^ j. THE COACH. Not a Passenger Injured. Damage to Coach Infinitesimal.
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