. Railway mechanical engineer . 480- General Arrangement of the Pennsylvania Gondola height from the rail to the top of the floor is 3 ft. 7-H; end of the car is provided with a special design ofsteel drop end gate which may be lowered to the floor of thecar when hauling long material requiring twin loading. Thisend gate is made of l/i-m. steel, stiffened transversely withthree braces. The braces at the top and bottom are integralwith the plate, it being bent in and around on itself, theflange riveted to the face, thus forming a hollow beamabout 3 in. deep for the whole length of the g
. Railway mechanical engineer . 480- General Arrangement of the Pennsylvania Gondola height from the rail to the top of the floor is 3 ft. 7-H; end of the car is provided with a special design ofsteel drop end gate which may be lowered to the floor of thecar when hauling long material requiring twin loading. Thisend gate is made of l/i-m. steel, stiffened transversely withthree braces. The braces at the top and bottom are integralwith the plate, it being bent in and around on itself, theflange riveted to the face, thus forming a hollow beamabout 3 in. deep for the whole length of the gate. The otherbrace is a separate pressed steel piece and is riveted to theface of the sheet at the center. The ends of the gate arefurther stiffened by a vertical pressed brace riveted to eachend. All the braces are on the inside, so that the end pre-sents a flat surface on the outside. The inside of the caris equipped with 32 collapsible stake pockets. lyi-in. by ^l-in. bulb angle and at the bottom with a 3^-in. by ^2
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