. American engineer and railroad journal . idth of the opening,swings up to the roof. The hingesare so arranged that when the doorsare swung back, the full size of thedoor opening is available. To com-pensate for the reduction in thestrength of the end, due to the largeopening, the door frame consists ofa half-inch steel plate, which ex-tends from the under-framing, upeach side and across the top in theform of a flat arch. Angles are ri-veted to both edges of this plate,and it is otherwise stiffened, asshown in the detail drawing. Ahalf-inch plate, SV4 in. wide, tiesthe two ends together at th
. American engineer and railroad journal . idth of the opening,swings up to the roof. The hingesare so arranged that when the doorsare swung back, the full size of thedoor opening is available. To com-pensate for the reduction in thestrength of the end, due to the largeopening, the door frame consists ofa half-inch steel plate, which ex-tends from the under-framing, upeach side and across the top in theform of a flat arch. Angles are ri-veted to both edges of this plate,and it is otherwise stiffened, asshown in the detail drawing. Ahalf-inch plate, SV4 in. wide, tiesthe two ends together at the bot-tom. The roof is supported by 2 x 2in. wood carlins, which are fastenedto the side framing by means ofstrap bolts extending through theside plates. At intervals of 5 in., iron carlins are used, towhich nailing blocks are fastenedwith % in. bolts. Four-wheeltrucks are used. We are in-debted to Mr. F. M. Whyte, gen-eral mechanical engineer, for in-formation and drawings. December, 1905. AMERICAN ENGINEER AXD RAILROAD JOURNAL. 445. STXZL nUME rc/H LAME DOO* ERIMINi; (a EMI OF THE CAB HAVING SMALL DOOR OPENING. Shof Officials s ld Know the Osr or Wesx.—I know from personal experience that where the cost of work onlocomotives has been promptly furnished to the master me-caanle and general foreman, and also distributed so as togive the foreman of the boiler shop, the blacksmith shop, thetin shop, the carpenter shop, machine shop, erecting shopand all rob-departments tln-ir proportion of the labor andmalarial, i has often Impressed them with the high cost of their part of the work ami has them to keep down in their department, therebj Barton; large sums of io the railroad company. The effect of such lnforma- mil win ii It Is three or four months old. It ought to be fiiiiiishiil within M days after the end of the month, so that the work done on the engine will be clear ia tin- mimis of Hm men who ■avarriaad it.—Mr. if. K. Bamum* the Western Railw
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