. The Street railway journal . lso of this make, have 6-ft. wheel base and33-in. wheels. April i, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 621 The general dimensions of the car are as follows: Lengthover the end panels, 38 ft. 8 ins., and over the crown pieces, 48ft. 8 ins.; width over the sheathing, 8 ft. 4 ins.; distance fromcenter to center of the posts, 2 ft. 8 ins.; thickness of the cor-ner posts, 3^4 ins., and of the side posts, 3^ ins.; size of theside sills, 4% ins. x 7;54 ins.,and of the end sills, 554 s. x7^ ins. The sill plates on the inside of the end sills, to whichthe bases of the posts ar
. The Street railway journal . lso of this make, have 6-ft. wheel base and33-in. wheels. April i, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 621 The general dimensions of the car are as follows: Lengthover the end panels, 38 ft. 8 ins., and over the crown pieces, 48ft. 8 ins.; width over the sheathing, 8 ft. 4 ins.; distance fromcenter to center of the posts, 2 ft. 8 ins.; thickness of the cor-ner posts, 3^4 ins., and of the side posts, 3^ ins.; size of theside sills, 4% ins. x 7;54 ins.,and of the end sills, 554 s. x7^ ins. The sill plates on the inside of the end sills, to whichthe bases of the posts are secured, are 13 ins. x % in. Theheight of the tread of the lower step from the rail head is 16ins.; from tread to tread of the steps, iij4 ins. NEW COUPLER AND DRAFT RIGGING FOR ELECTRIC CARS A new automatic coupler for interurban, elevated and streetcars is being prepared for the market by the Washburn Com-pany, of Minneapolis, a well-known manufacturer of M. C. for steam railroads. The Washburn coupler for elec-. FIG. 1.—CROSS SECTION OF COUPLER
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