. The Street railway journal . ., gained into the cross framing. END SILLS The end sills are of white oak, 4^4 ins. x 8 ins., with sub-sill,4% ins. x 2 5-16 ins., extending full width of bottom frame anddouble mortised at ends to receive ends of side sills. There isa 3^-in. x 5-in. steel plate extending to each side sill and turned8 ins. at ends, and securely bolted with four ^-in. bolts at eachcorner to inside longitudinal plate, the two bolts nearest anglepassing through the steel plate only, the other two bolts passingthrough side sill and longitudinal plates, with head on are
. The Street railway journal . ., gained into the cross framing. END SILLS The end sills are of white oak, 4^4 ins. x 8 ins., with sub-sill,4% ins. x 2 5-16 ins., extending full width of bottom frame anddouble mortised at ends to receive ends of side sills. There isa 3^-in. x 5-in. steel plate extending to each side sill and turned8 ins. at ends, and securely bolted with four ^-in. bolts at eachcorner to inside longitudinal plate, the two bolts nearest anglepassing through the steel plate only, the other two bolts passingthrough side sill and longitudinal plates, with head on are short sub-sills, ins. x 5 ins., bolted inside, to re-ceive ends of stringers and flooring. 546 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 12. CROSS FRAMINGThe cross framing is 2l/\r-. x 5-in. oak timber, double ten-oned into the sills. A space ]/2 in. deep and just wide enoughto allow brake rod to work over needle beams is cut in part ofcross framing. CENTER SILLS The center sills consists of 9^-lb. I-beams, filled on each side. End Elevation Cross Sectionof Vestibule | at Bolster Street Jilt. -Jturnal CROSS SECTIONS. BUFFALO CAR with yellow pine or oak to make up a total width of 43/2 end of each I-beam is fastened to end plates with twoangle plates, }i in. x 4 ins. x 6 ins. x 6 ins., riveted to I-beamsand bolted through the end plates and sills, there being a ^ tie-rod passing throughbottom frame at each cross barwith button-head on outsideand turnbuckle in center. Thecenter sills were kept downy§ in. and have a jj^-in. nail-ing strip on top. The I-beamsand filling space were given agood coat of mineral paintbefore being put BOLSTERSThe upper plate of the bol-sters is y&-m. x 8-in. lower plate is I-in. x The depth of truss wasgoverned by height of truckcenter plate so as to give aclearance of 36 ins. from top of rail to under side of sill, with weight of car body ontrucks. NEEDLE BEAMSThe needle beams are of 5-in. I-beams, w
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