. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The car has atare weight of about 45,000 lbs. and amarked capacity of 100,000 lbs. The side sills of the car are made ofwhat are practically Z-bars, and theseare faced on the outer side by woodenstringers about 5x4 ins., which are theend supports of the floor planks. Thecenter sills are made of two pressedsteel shapes of the channel form, re-inforced with an angle along the lower i-39o^ swings the back edge of the door outclear of the side, and the front endfollows along an inclined guide ort
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The car has atare weight of about 45,000 lbs. and amarked capacity of 100,000 lbs. The side sills of the car are made ofwhat are practically Z-bars, and theseare faced on the outer side by woodenstringers about 5x4 ins., which are theend supports of the floor planks. Thecenter sills are made of two pressedsteel shapes of the channel form, re-inforced with an angle along the lower i-39o^ swings the back edge of the door outclear of the side, and the front endfollows along an inclined guide ortrack, as the door is backed out andaway, so as to give a full opening. Themotion of the back edge, first out andthen along the slide on which it rests. tu niajrnm o/ buora UcaKlar l>^r ^■^^ ^^^ POSITION OF DOORS FOR LOADINGAUrOMOBII,ES. is accomplished by reason of the factthat the door lever bar is cranked. The front edge of the door butts upagainst a post which has been so de-signed that it can be removed when anautomobile has been presented for ship-ment. This post is made of an I-bar of. Ittf. $ tocu. Lii</. PENNSYLVANIA BOX CAR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OK AUTOMOBILES. The car as it stands can be used forf I eight in the usual way, but when itccmes to automobiles the Pennsylvaniabox car opens a second door in eitherside and thus gives a total door openingper side of 12 ft. 2 ins. wide by 8 ^2 ins. high. The large opening is gotby removing a temporary center post edge. The ends are 10 ins. deep, andthe lower flange is sloped down to adepth of 17 ins. for a distance of about12 ft. in the center of the car. Thebody bolsters are also made of pressedsteel shapes placed with backs 11^2 , and the side and center sills areheld rigidly together by a series of
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