. Electric railway review . control apparatus. over buffers, 55 feet 5% inches; length over body end sills,46 feet 6 inches; truck centers, 33 feet; with over side sills,9 feet 8% inches; width over window sills, 10 feet; heightfrom under side of center sill to top of roof, 9 feet 8V2 inches;height from under side of center sill to top of rail (car light),3 feet 7 5-16 inches, and height from top of rail to top oftrolley wheel when hooked down on roof, 14 feet 8V2 weight of car, fully equipped, on track, 89,000pounds. The combination baggage and mail cars are of the samegeneral di
. Electric railway review . control apparatus. over buffers, 55 feet 5% inches; length over body end sills,46 feet 6 inches; truck centers, 33 feet; with over side sills,9 feet 8% inches; width over window sills, 10 feet; heightfrom under side of center sill to top of roof, 9 feet 8V2 inches;height from under side of center sill to top of rail (car light),3 feet 7 5-16 inches, and height from top of rail to top oftrolley wheel when hooked down on roof, 14 feet 8V2 weight of car, fully equipped, on track, 89,000pounds. The combination baggage and mail cars are of the samegeneral dimensions as the passenger cars and have similarvestibules. The arrangement of the baggage compartment issimilar to that of the standard Pennsylvania Railroad com-bination car, and the fittings and arrangements in the mailcompartment are in accordance with the standard require-ments of the postofflce department. All cars are provided with 50-candle power incandescentelectric headlights and two electric markers or route lamps. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad—Interior of Substation at Atlantic City. The bottom framing consists of 5 by 8 by 11-16-inch yellowpine side sills and 7-inch I-beams for center and intermediatesills. The center and intermediate sills are continuous fromend to end of the car. The floor bridging is of yellow pinefitted into the intermediate sills and into the side sills, withblocking between center sills and between the intermediateand center sills, and is secured transversely by tie diagonally-laid flooring is used, both layers beingtongued and grooved, and between the layers there is % inchasbestos. The top flooring is of maple. The entire underside of the car is protected by % inch of transite and abovethe motor truck steel plate over asbestos fire-felt is needle beams are of 6-inch I-beams, and are supportedat the ends in pockets which are provided with cast steeltruss rod struts. The body truss rods are of li/4-inch roundiron, upse
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