. Railway mechanical engineer . •SecHon Fig. 7- IBeam SfaUesl-Beam Stakes for Wooden Coal Cars old brake beams) stakes, eight per car, for 40-ton woodencoal cars and 50-ton steel underframe coal cars. Fig. S shows an economical method of applying plankingto the sides of coal cars. The two lower boards are spliced, ,4)(5Side Stakes-Splice ffl i-RnlU ^^ Fig. 8—Spliced Planking for Wooden Sides of Coal Cars while the upper rows are in one continuous length. No twoboards are spliced at the same stake. The matter of keeping drop doors in good order, especiallyon general service cars, is a ser
. Railway mechanical engineer . •SecHon Fig. 7- IBeam SfaUesl-Beam Stakes for Wooden Coal Cars old brake beams) stakes, eight per car, for 40-ton woodencoal cars and 50-ton steel underframe coal cars. Fig. S shows an economical method of applying plankingto the sides of coal cars. The two lower boards are spliced, ,4)(5Side Stakes-Splice ffl i-RnlU ^^ Fig. 8—Spliced Planking for Wooden Sides of Coal Cars while the upper rows are in one continuous length. No twoboards are spliced at the same stake. The matter of keeping drop doors in good order, especiallyon general service cars, is a serious problem; it involves thematter of design, deterioration and abuse in service. It isgenerally agreed that it is impossible to build a door, econ-omically, strong enough to stand both coal and steel millservice, but nevertheless, these are operating proljlems and thebest that may be accomplished is to build the door, so tliat it 140 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 91, No. i will respond to the action of the operating mechanism with-out
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