. American engineer and railroad journal . 100^)00 POUNDS CAPACITY STEEL HOPPER CARS. With Trussed Center Sills. The Structural Steel Car Company. End Transverse Section. The specially interesting features of this design are theLight weight of the car and the method of construction inwhich the center sills are made of light sections, reinforcedby truss rods. The car is designed to carry a load of with a capacity of cu. ft. when filled level with th<top flange angles, the estimated weight of the car being 31,400lbs. Its length inside is 31 ft., length outside 35
. American engineer and railroad journal . 100^)00 POUNDS CAPACITY STEEL HOPPER CARS. With Trussed Center Sills. The Structural Steel Car Company. End Transverse Section. The specially interesting features of this design are theLight weight of the car and the method of construction inwhich the center sills are made of light sections, reinforcedby truss rods. The car is designed to carry a load of with a capacity of cu. ft. when filled level with th<top flange angles, the estimated weight of the car being 31,400lbs. Its length inside is 31 ft., length outside 35 ft., width out-side 9 ft. 4 ins. and height, from the top of the rail to the topof the flange angles, 9 ft. 6 ins. The side sills are of 15-in., 33-lb. channels and the centersills are 13%-lb. channels. These channels are trussedwith two rods, which are anchored at the centers of the bodybolsters, the bolsters being constructed specially to receivethem and make the anchorage secure. The body bolsters are ofcast-steel, fitting between the side and center sills and bringingthe center plates flush with the lower edges of the side side bearin
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