. Electric railway journal . top of the finished floor, is axVin. thick truss angle that extends out 3£ in. to sup-port the wall ends of seats and the heaters, and belowthis is riveted the heater box of light steel pressed intochannel shape. At the ends of the car the bulkheads are built up on6-in., , Z-bar corner posts, and 6-in., 12d end-door posts, with intermediate posts made ofYWn. pressings 7T3B- in. deep. Along the vestibule eavesis a body end plate of 6-in., 8-lb. channel framed intothe side plate with a pressed gusset, and it is reinforcedwith a horizontal i-in. plat
. Electric railway journal . top of the finished floor, is axVin. thick truss angle that extends out 3£ in. to sup-port the wall ends of seats and the heaters, and belowthis is riveted the heater box of light steel pressed intochannel shape. At the ends of the car the bulkheads are built up on6-in., , Z-bar corner posts, and 6-in., 12d end-door posts, with intermediate posts made ofYWn. pressings 7T3B- in. deep. Along the vestibule eavesis a body end plate of 6-in., 8-lb. channel framed intothe side plate with a pressed gusset, and it is reinforcedwith a horizontal i-in. plate 12 in. wide extending forthe full length of the end-plate channel. To take the impact of an over-riding platform incase of collision are vestibule end posts of 6-in., 12] behind xVin- pressings, as well as vestibulecorner posts that are built up with i-in. plate pressedinto the form of a flattened ellipse, these serving onone side for the vestibule door jambs. A monitor roof has been provided in accordance with. CONSTRUCTION VIEWS TAKEN DURING APPLICATION OF HEAT INSULATION AND AFTER THAT OFWAINSCOTING AND STEEL MOLDINGS 1136 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 24 the plan of making the new cars similar in appearanceto the roads standard passenger coaches. Its supportsare the customary pressed steel carlines spaced 2 in. center to center for the upper deck. The roofsheathing for the upper deck is No. 14 gage steel withjoints welded, and for the lower deck, generally, of Copper gutters of No. 18 gage metal are pro-vided over doors and motormans windows, these beingriveted and soldered to the roof sheets. For the protection of the car interior against tem-perature differences existing outside there has beenused insulation consisting of layers of hair felt stitchedwith layers of sheet asbestos between them. This in-sulation has been introduced both above the false floor-ing and behind the finishing material at the sides of thecar, being cut to for
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