. American engineer and railroad journal . ere is a vertical %-in. steel plate formingthe side of the clerestory in the vestibule. This plate, withits angle iron connections, acts as a cantilever for supporting vas cover, the corners, hoods and hips having copper flash-ings. The construction in this respect is that usually foundon wooden cars. The seats have a steel frame and plushcushions and backs, being furnished by Hale & Kilburn, andconforming to the standards of the Pennsylvania luggage racks are continuous. The specialties used in this car outside of those alreadymentioned
. American engineer and railroad journal . ere is a vertical %-in. steel plate formingthe side of the clerestory in the vestibule. This plate, withits angle iron connections, acts as a cantilever for supporting vas cover, the corners, hoods and hips having copper flash-ings. The construction in this respect is that usually foundon wooden cars. The seats have a steel frame and plushcushions and backs, being furnished by Hale & Kilburn, andconforming to the standards of the Pennsylvania luggage racks are continuous. The specialties used in this car outside of those alreadymentioned consist of the Gold car heating system; Pantasotecurtains with Forsythe fixtures; Dahlstrom all-steel doors;Symington journal boxes; Baltimore Railway Specialty Com-panys side bearings; Schoen rolled steel wheels; Adams &Westlake hardware; Stan wood step treads; Westinghousequick action brakes and air signals; Columbia lock nuts onall bolts throughout the whole car. The Universal Electric id AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD INTERIOR OF LONG ISLAND STEEL PASSENGER COACH. btorage Battery Companys lighting system is used, which con-sists of 32 cells, with a capacity of 600 ampere hours, and iscapable of lighting all of the lights in the car for a continuousperiod of 30 hours without recharging. The trucks, as can be seen in the illustration, follow thegeneral lines of a standard equalized passenger truck, with awheel base of 8 ft. They are steel throughout, and of a veryopen, simple construction. The general dimensions and weights of this car are as fol-lows: Length over buffers l>7 ft- 4 k ins. Length over body 58 ft. 5 % ins. Width over sheathing i> it. 8% ins. Width over all lu ft. 2Vfe ins. Height rail to top of roof 14 ft. Ok in. Height rail to bottom of side sills 3 ft. 5% ins. Truck centers 45 ft. 3 ins. Height rail to top of platform 4 ft. 1%. ins. Clear width of aisle 25 % ins. Seating capacity 72 persons Weight of. body lbs. Weight of trucks 22,000 l
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