. Railway mechanical engineer . Center Sill Construction of the Baggage and Mail Cars UNDERFR.\MES The center girder, uhicli is the main member of the under-franic. is of the fishbclly type, built up of steel plates and two wel) plates are 2 ft. 4 in. deep at the center of the car. pressed from 5/16 in. plate, which are the full depth of thecenter sills at the inner end, while the lower flange tapers up-ward toward the outside of the car till a depth of 6^ in. isreached. .\ 5/16 in. pressed liller is also used between the webs. Steel Baggage and Mail Car in Service on the Centr
. Railway mechanical engineer . Center Sill Construction of the Baggage and Mail Cars UNDERFR.\MES The center girder, uhicli is the main member of the under-franic. is of the fishbclly type, built up of steel plates and two wel) plates are 2 ft. 4 in. deep at the center of the car. pressed from 5/16 in. plate, which are the full depth of thecenter sills at the inner end, while the lower flange tapers up-ward toward the outside of the car till a depth of 6^ in. isreached. .\ 5/16 in. pressed liller is also used between the webs. Steel Baggage and Mail Car in Service on the Centr of New Jersey and are spaced IS in. apart; this depth is maintained for 9 in on either side of the center of the car, at which point the webplates begin to taper, and at a point 6 ft. lY^ in. farther on theyreach a depth of 18 ,s in., which is maintained to the end of the car. of the center sills, and the crossbearers are finally reinforcedby a 6 in. by 5^ in. cover plate at the bottom and a 9 in. by Yi plate at the top, both extending acrgss the car. The twointermediate crossbearers are spaced 16 ft. 2 in. on either side 123 124 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION \oL. 89, No. 3 of the center of the car and the dia|)hragms, which are 14 in. The double body bolsters are spaced 50 ft. 6J4 i- between deep at the inner end and 6;^ in. deep at the outer end. are centers and consist of two members whose centers are 2 ft. 8 from 5/16 in. plate with a 5/16 in. pressed filler between on either side of the ce
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