. Railway mechanical engineer . - the hand wheels shownnear the car ends. The 40-ton car with a ,>4 ft. 6 in. well is 55 ft. 6 in. longover end sills. S ft. wide and 45 ft. 6 in. between centers of. «lth 25 Ft. Well cording to designs of Sir Vincent L. Raven, chief mechanicalengineer of the road. The 50-ton car is 48 ft. 8 in. long over the end sills, 7ft. 9 in. wide and has a well 25 ft. long. The height whenunloaded is 4 ft. 8 in. at the truck and 2 ft. 2 in. at thecenter. The side sills are built up of two ?s-in. plates with truck. The height at trucks is 4 ft. 0-4 in. and 2 ft. 4->4
. Railway mechanical engineer . - the hand wheels shownnear the car ends. The 40-ton car with a ,>4 ft. 6 in. well is 55 ft. 6 in. longover end sills. S ft. wide and 45 ft. 6 in. between centers of. «lth 25 Ft. Well cording to designs of Sir Vincent L. Raven, chief mechanicalengineer of the road. The 50-ton car is 48 ft. 8 in. long over the end sills, 7ft. 9 in. wide and has a well 25 ft. long. The height whenunloaded is 4 ft. 8 in. at the truck and 2 ft. 2 in. at thecenter. The side sills are built up of two ?s-in. plates with truck. The height at trucks is 4 ft. 0-4 in. and 2 ft. 4->4 the center. The side sills are built up of two 15 in. by4 in. 42 lb. channels and 12 in. by 54 in. plates at top andbottom. There are no intermediate sills, the side sills be-ing joined by two fixed and nine adjustable cross bars formedof 5 in. bv 5 in. 24 lb. I-beams. The trucks are of the M ^^^■_ ^Ml _:^ m .i.: ■ ■ ~~^ : ith 34 Ft. 6 Ir 3J4 in. by Syi in. 11 lb. angles at the top and bottom with12 in. by Yi in. cover plates. The two intermediate siUs arecomposed of one js-in. plate with 3^^ in. by 3J/2 in at top and bottom on both sides and 8 in. by y
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