. The Street railway journal . and diameter ofwheel of 36 ins. The construction of the baggage cars is unusually substan-tial. The side sills are 5^-in. x 8%-in. long-leaf yellow pinewith 8-in. x -Hs-in. sill plates on the inside. The center sillsare 4% ins. x 8)4 ins., and the intermediate sills 4)4 ins. x6)4 ins. Besides cross-bars of y/2 ins. x 6)4 ins., additionaltransverse strength is obtained by long diagonal cross-bracingcomposed of 2^-in. x 4><-in. pieces. The iVS-in. under-trusses are anchored close to the body bolsters; the needle-beams are composed of 8-in. I-beams, double-tru
. The Street railway journal . and diameter ofwheel of 36 ins. The construction of the baggage cars is unusually substan-tial. The side sills are 5^-in. x 8%-in. long-leaf yellow pinewith 8-in. x -Hs-in. sill plates on the inside. The center sillsare 4% ins. x 8)4 ins., and the intermediate sills 4)4 ins. x6)4 ins. Besides cross-bars of y/2 ins. x 6)4 ins., additionaltransverse strength is obtained by long diagonal cross-bracingcomposed of 2^-in. x 4><-in. pieces. The iVS-in. under-trusses are anchored close to the body bolsters; the needle-beams are composed of 8-in. I-beams, double-trussed. Shortinside truss rods of 2,/,-in. x *4-in. flat iron support the endsof the car. These truss rods are carried over the side win-dows 6 ft. 3)4 ins. from the top of the floor to the under sideof the rod. The side posts are 2 ft. y\ ins. from center to 952 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIII. No. 19. renter, except at the windows, where they are 2 ft. 534 sliding doors—two at each side—have 4-ft. 6-in. open-. duced motion, if necessary, can easily be arranged by the aidof pulleys, levers or other reducing devices. Fine adjustments can readily be made by applying the mo-tion at the proper point along the lever, and to facilitate this, INTERIOR, OF SPOKANE & INLAND CAR ings; doors at diagonal opposite corners are arranged toswing outwardly. Standard steam-car couplers are used onboth passenger and baggage cars.
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