. The Street railway journal . , , SEMLCON\ ERTinLE CAR MiK CLEVELAND The shelter shown in Fig. 2 is now the companys standardfor conditions where the space is not so restricted as torequire special construction. The designs were preparedby A. L. Black, engineer of the companv. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR CLEVELAND The St. Louis Car Company recently delivered to theForest City Railway, of Cleveland, Ohio, fifty semi-con- 5 ins. oft center toward the platform step on the righthand side. Three wrought iron pipe railings divide therear platform. Because of the long pla
. The Street railway journal . , , SEMLCON\ ERTinLE CAR MiK CLEVELAND The shelter shown in Fig. 2 is now the companys standardfor conditions where the space is not so restricted as torequire special construction. The designs were preparedby A. L. Black, engineer of the companv. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR CLEVELAND The St. Louis Car Company recently delivered to theForest City Railway, of Cleveland, Ohio, fifty semi-con- 5 ins. oft center toward the platform step on the righthand side. Three wrought iron pipe railings divide therear platform. Because of the long platforms an extra strong compositesteel and wood underframe is used in these cars. Thecenter sills, which extend only to the end sills, consist oftwo 5-in., I4j4-lb. Lbeams, spaced 16 ins. center to centerof webs and filled with 2^4-1x1. x 5-in. wood fillers. AJ j-in. X i8-in. steel plate sandwiched between an outside. •■kllO UNDERFRAMING OF CLEVELAND CAR vertible cars having an unusual design of platforms andunderframing. The cars are only 30 ft. 6 ins. long overbody corner posts, but are 44 ft. 10 ins. long over all, thefront and rear platforms being of exceptional length. Thefront platform is partitioned off to form a completely en-closed motormans cab on the left side with an entrancefor passengers through the front door next to the right- timber 5 ins. X 8 ins. and an inside timber ins. x 8 the side sill. This deep plate extends up in the sideof the car behind the side panels. For body end sillsX i2^-in. oak timbers plated inside and out with3/^-in. x 8-in. steel plates are used. The front and rear platform floors are \\y% ins. lowerthan the body floor, being ^oy% ins. high from top of rail. Feukuary 15, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 259 Because this drop and the extreme length of the rearplatfca: the method of framing adopted is rear platform side sills are 7-in.
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