. Railroad digest . also forms struts for trussed structuresarranged intermediate the bolsters, saidtrussed structures carrying some of thelongitudinal sills or nailing strips. Thilongitudinally arranged box-girder sillpractically terminates at the bolsters ofthe car, the members thereof extendingbeyond said bolster for supporting thedraft rigging. An end sill is provided, towhich the draft and side sills are secured,said end sill extending above the draftand side sills to form an abutment for thetransversely arranged nailing strip at theend of the car, to which nailing strip ortimber the end
. Railroad digest . also forms struts for trussed structuresarranged intermediate the bolsters, saidtrussed structures carrying some of thelongitudinal sills or nailing strips. Thilongitudinally arranged box-girder sillpractically terminates at the bolsters ofthe car, the members thereof extendingbeyond said bolster for supporting thedraft rigging. An end sill is provided, towhich the draft and side sills are secured,said end sill extending above the draftand side sills to form an abutment for thetransversely arranged nailing strip at theend of the car, to which nailing strip ortimber the end wall is secured. Railway-Bumper No. 676, C. McCORU, of Chicago, 111. In the preferred embodiment of the in-vention there is preferably employed tworails of the railroad track to serve asstops, as well as to divert the stress trans-mitted thereto from the bumping post, the. .sMid laiis Itiug conviigxd at the endsthereof and suitably fastened to support-ing rods or standards which slant up-wardly and are in engagement preferablywith the bumping post. I preferably em-ploy in the preferred embodiment of myinvention a suitable stiffening rod, prefer-ably extending lengthwise of the track,which rod or standard is adapted to re-ceive thrust occasioned by the bumperpost and distribute the same along thetrack. I provide suitable means for hold-ing the said stiffening rail in positionalong the track, so that the same will notliepome disarranged. Underframing for RailwayRolling-Stock No. 678,958.(iEORGE I. KING, of Detroit, Mich.,assignor to the American Car & Foun-dry Company.
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