. The car builders' dictionary; an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction, with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car construction. Six thousand three hundred and forty-four illustrations. 1906 ed. Comp. for the Master car builders' association . n thatcan be provided should be required. The under-names should be of metal. If the car has no under-frame, the tank shell must be thickened over thelower course to not less than fjj-inch in thickness,, and its circumferential seams must,
. The car builders' dictionary; an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction, with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car construction. Six thousand three hundred and forty-four illustrations. 1906 ed. Comp. for the Master car builders' association . n thatcan be provided should be required. The under-names should be of metal. If the car has no under-frame, the tank shell must be thickened over thelower course to not less than fjj-inch in thickness,, and its circumferential seams must, in that case, bedouble riveted. All new car tanks shall be of steel; all longi- tudinal and head seams shall be double riveted. The tanks shall be designed for a burstingpressure of not less than 240 pounds per square inch,and all tanks before being put into service j^hall betested with a cold water pressure of sixty poundsper square inch, which they must stand withoutdistress. The test pressure shall be stenciled onthe tank, giving date and place tested. All new tank cars must be equipped with someform of friction draft gear, with steel couplers, steelbolsters, air brakes and hand brakes operative onboth trucks and with safety valves as specified forold cars. On all tank cars carrying petroleum products,ammonia, gas liquor, turpentine and any other.
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