. Railroad digest . ight siii „, l:,u- 7 ft. 6% in. Height from Unci u, uiidt-r side of carlines 7 ft. 6 in. Height from rail to top of running board 12 ft. 11% in. Height from rail to top brake shaft 13 ft. 10%, in. Height from rail to eaves 12 ft. 0 in. Height from rail to center of coupler 2 ft. lOVi In. Center to center of trucks 26 ft. 1% in. Center to center of tie timbers 6 ft. 0 In. At the ends of the cars 8 by 11-in. oak end sills are placedoutside of the car, and the truss rods, of which there are six,pass through them. These timbers are supplied with endsillcover boards and
. Railroad digest . ight siii „, l:,u- 7 ft. 6% in. Height from Unci u, uiidt-r side of carlines 7 ft. 6 in. Height from rail to top of running board 12 ft. 11% in. Height from rail to top brake shaft 13 ft. 10%, in. Height from rail to eaves 12 ft. 0 in. Height from rail to center of coupler 2 ft. lOVi In. Center to center of trucks 26 ft. 1% in. Center to center of tie timbers 6 ft. 0 In. At the ends of the cars 8 by 11-in. oak end sills are placedoutside of the car, and the truss rods, of which there are six,pass through them. These timbers are supplied with endsillcover boards and form a narrow platform at each end of the Westinghouse Draw-Gear Appliance Railroad Herald. Dec, 1901. p. is provided a coupler-shank or draw-bar 29, the outerend of which carries a coupler-head 30, to which a knuckle 31is pivoted by a vertical knuckle pin 31a. The coupler-headis provided with a suitable locking-mechanism and may be ofany .suitable form of tlie R type. The coupler-shank is pivotal- ly connected to a draft strap or y6ke 27, which is adapted and impart strains received by the coupler-head to adraft and buffing apparatus of any known construction, whichis shown as a spring 32, interposed between front and back fol-lower-plates, 26 26a, fitted in the draft strap. A vertical re-cess 29d IS formed centrally in the couplei shank adiacent toIts leai end to lecene a pivot block 29b The face of the rear
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