. The Street railway journal . & rail-head; from step to platform, 14Y2 ins., and from plat-form to car floor, 8 ins. THE NEW SUB-STATION OF THE ST. LOUIS TRANSIT COMPANY Work is almost completed on the new sub- station of the Transit Company, at Eighteenth Street and LocustStreet. It is the second of three stations of the company, the. ISOMETRIC VIEW, SHOWING THE BOTTOM FRAMING OF30-FT. 8-IN. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR the side sill, and are also heavily strap-bolted through the the straight-sided semi-convertibles a round steel bar iswrought through each post and through
. The Street railway journal . & rail-head; from step to platform, 14Y2 ins., and from plat-form to car floor, 8 ins. THE NEW SUB-STATION OF THE ST. LOUIS TRANSIT COMPANY Work is almost completed on the new sub- station of the Transit Company, at Eighteenth Street and LocustStreet. It is the second of three stations of the company, the. ISOMETRIC VIEW, SHOWING THE BOTTOM FRAMING OF30-FT. 8-IN. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR the side sill, and are also heavily strap-bolted through the the straight-sided semi-convertibles a round steel bar iswrought through each post and through the top rail and the sill. The perspective view of the cross section of the car showswhy wide sill plates are used, namely, by not having highinside truss rods the side linings are permitted to be set inbetween the posts against the backing of the panels. The wallsbetween the posts are but 2 ins. thick, and the ends of the seatsare placed against the side lining, thus saving it part of thewidth of the posts on either side, adding, it is claimed, 6 ins. to/lA ins. to the width of the car. The window system of thiscar, as is well known, includes roof pockets for the sashes. Thecenter sills are ins. x 4% ins.; end sills, 5ms- x &/& ms- \5-ft. 8-in. tie-rods pass through the sills and along the sides ofeach of the crossings. Open steel body
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