. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . go half a mile over thefrozen river Tornea, instead of the pre-vious journey between the town of Torneaand Haparanda, a distance of ten new arrangement is working 500 and 800 passengers make thetrip daily, the uncertainties of steamshiptravel between the Swedish coast andRussian ports near Petrograd having in-fluenced many travelers to select the landroute. Heavy freight also is being movedoverland with little delay. 60 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. February, 1915
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . go half a mile over thefrozen river Tornea, instead of the pre-vious journey between the town of Torneaand Haparanda, a distance of ten new arrangement is working 500 and 800 passengers make thetrip daily, the uncertainties of steamshiptravel between the Swedish coast andRussian ports near Petrograd having in-fluenced many travelers to select the landroute. Heavy freight also is being movedoverland with little delay. 60 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. February, 1915. New Box Car for the Illinois Central Railroad The changes in car building in recent posts, and 4 x 4 x 5/16 in. angles for cor- channels 13% pounds per foot. The body years have not been so much in the matter ner posts. There are also 1314 ins. bolsters are built integral with under- of details of construction as in the pressed steel carlines. frame, and consist of 4 diaphragms of marked improvement in materials which The steel underframe is made up of two % in. pressed steel, one malleable iron. HON CAR , STEEL FRAMING FUR THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. has reached a degree of perfectionhitherto unattainable. The box car illustrated is one of a lotof 1,500 recently received by the IllinoisCentral Railroad from the works of theWestern Steel Car & Foundry Company center sills of 5/16 in. plates 24 ins. deepat center and 10 15/16 ins. deep overbolsters. These center sills extend 185/gins. beyond bolsters, and are tied togetherand reinforced at top with 19 x 5/16 plate and 3]/2 x 2>y2 x 5/16 in. center brace and reinforced at top andbottom with 16 x ^ in. plates. There aretwo cross bearers made of % in. presseddiaphragms 14% ins. deep at center sillsand 45s ins. deep at side sills, reinforcedat top with 8 x ^ in. plate and 3 x 2l/2 x at Hegewisch, 111. The car is angles, and at bottom with 5 x 4 x $i in. % in. angles, and at bottom with 3 x 2]/2
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