. Railway mechanical engineer . f^^ Efef ii 1^it i<si. General Arrangement and Sections of the Sharon Roof transversely across the car. These corrugations act asstiffeners and give sufficient strength to support the roofwithout the use of ridge poles, carlines or purlines, so theseparts are omitted except for one carline at each side of thedoor opening to stiffen the car frame. The pressed steel sheets are laid with an overlap of onecorrugation at each end. Thev are attached at the sides of along each side, cut four rivets in the overlapping sheet andfour in the clips. For new cars this roo
. Railway mechanical engineer . f^^ Efef ii 1^it i<si. General Arrangement and Sections of the Sharon Roof transversely across the car. These corrugations act asstiffeners and give sufficient strength to support the roofwithout the use of ridge poles, carlines or purlines, so theseparts are omitted except for one carline at each side of thedoor opening to stiffen the car frame. The pressed steel sheets are laid with an overlap of onecorrugation at each end. Thev are attached at the sides of along each side, cut four rivets in the overlapping sheet andfour in the clips. For new cars this roof can be assembled at the manufac-turers plant and shipped as one piece ready for applicationto the car frame. When used for repairs the roof is appliedin sections and, if desired, can be furnished with sheets of22 gage steel put over the existing carlines and purlines. lllllllllllllilHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllBllllHllllllHlllllllllDlllin^^ GENERAL NEWS iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuniiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiuiii^ Samuel Gomper
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