. American engineer and railroad journal . June, 1906. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 223. 1,1 iJii a1 |g ytrip Section A B Foetening Cariine iu RiJse Pole J- Carr. Bull Corner Section C-DFRAMING DETAILS, STANDARD BOX CAR.—ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM. FoeteoiDg Cariine toSide Aug. ft Plate 40-TON STANDARD BOX CAR. Rock Island System. The illustrations show a design of steel-frame box car re-cently adopted as a standard by the Rock Island and FriscoLines. It is not a common standard throughout, as the twolines differ somewhat in regard to details and specialties. The upper and lower framing is
. American engineer and railroad journal . June, 1906. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 223. 1,1 iJii a1 |g ytrip Section A B Foetening Cariine iu RiJse Pole J- Carr. Bull Corner Section C-DFRAMING DETAILS, STANDARD BOX CAR.—ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM. FoeteoiDg Cariine toSide Aug. ft Plate 40-TON STANDARD BOX CAR. Rock Island System. The illustrations show a design of steel-frame box car re-cently adopted as a standard by the Rock Island and FriscoLines. It is not a common standard throughout, as the twolines differ somewhat in regard to details and specialties. The upper and lower framing is of steel similar to theNorfolk & Western composite construction, but, owing to thefact that this car is 40 ft. long inside, several modificationswere introduced that may be of interest. In order to shortenthe sills, the end posts and braces are attached outside of theend sill, thus economizing to the extent of about 9 ins. inthe length of the main members. The side girths, of steel,are continuous from the door posts to the corners and arebacked with sectional wood filling blocks. It has b
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