. Railway mechanical engineer . 1^—/?/-—J Arrangement of the Draft SIII8 and Draft Gear of providing larger f|uantities of this type for this .service. 12-in., 843/2-lb. H-section and extends slightly jjcyond the The design of the car follows previous designs of Norfolk bolsters at each end of the car, where it is milled off to exact & Western hopper-bottom cars in that the drop doors are length and a true surface. Pressed-steel draft sills are 93 KCHAN-ICAL EXGIXEER Vol. 92. No. 2. Febrcary, 1518 RAILWAY MECHAXICAL EXGIXEER 95 spliced to the center sill by means of a steel back-stop
. Railway mechanical engineer . 1^—/?/-—J Arrangement of the Draft SIII8 and Draft Gear of providing larger f|uantities of this type for this .service. 12-in., 843/2-lb. H-section and extends slightly jjcyond the The design of the car follows previous designs of Norfolk bolsters at each end of the car, where it is milled off to exact & Western hopper-bottom cars in that the drop doors are length and a true surface. Pressed-steel draft sills are 93 KCHAN-ICAL EXGIXEER Vol. 92. No. 2. Febrcary, 1518 RAILWAY MECHAXICAL EXGIXEER 95 spliced to the center sill by means of a steel back-stop cast-ing and top and bottom cover plates. The draft gear stopsagainst this casting in butting and tlie back stop casting isarranged to directly abut the end metal of the H-section, sothat all the buffing load is delivered to the center sill withoutdepending on rivets for this purpose. The draft sills are made of 7 16-in. steel plates, flanged,and are tapered from 12-in. in depth at the rear to 15-in. in
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