. Electric railway journal . hing in the first panels at each side ofthe opening. With this plan of reinforcement only twowindow posts had to be removed to provide for the exit,and for these the two steel panel posts flanking theopening were substituted. These panel posts were riv-eted to the 5/16-in. x 3%-in. x 5-in. angle side sill andthe side plate. The steel angle side sill is continuousacross the exit opening and extends 4 ft. 4 in. towardthe front of the car and 6 ft. 6% in. toward the rear,along the 5-in. x 8-in. wooden side sill, to which it isbolted both horizontally and vertically by
. Electric railway journal . hing in the first panels at each side ofthe opening. With this plan of reinforcement only twowindow posts had to be removed to provide for the exit,and for these the two steel panel posts flanking theopening were substituted. These panel posts were riv-eted to the 5/16-in. x 3%-in. x 5-in. angle side sill andthe side plate. The steel angle side sill is continuousacross the exit opening and extends 4 ft. 4 in. towardthe front of the car and 6 ft. 6% in. toward the rear,along the 5-in. x 8-in. wooden side sill, to which it isbolted both horizontally and vertically by %-in. boltsspaced at 12-in. centers. A Vg-in. side plate, extending from the sill to the beltrail and from the panel post to the first window posteach side of the exit opening, also reinforces the car sideat this point. At the window posts these plates are stif-fened with Vs-in. x IVi-in. x l^-in. angles which bolt tothe old wooden posts and rivet to the side sheets. Thepanel posts are formed of two 2-in. x 2-in. x 3 CLEVELAND REBUILT CAR—VIEW OP CAR DURING REMODELING 346 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 8
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