. The Street railway journal . <3J >J <-2i BOTTOM PLAN OF 40-FT. SEMI-STEEL MOTOR CAR Street in-ii il windows. The smaller of the side-sill angles is riveted to itand the posts are also riveted and bolted to it. The cornerposts and those immediately behind the bolster are the onlyones in compression. These are of 4-in. x 2-in. T-irons The spaces between the posts below the arm-rest are filledin with wood and this furring is covered with vertical-matched siding in the usual manner The roof constructionis similar to that for cars with wood framing. It is of the ■g S4 width over po
. The Street railway journal . <3J >J <-2i BOTTOM PLAN OF 40-FT. SEMI-STEEL MOTOR CAR Street in-ii il windows. The smaller of the side-sill angles is riveted to itand the posts are also riveted and bolted to it. The cornerposts and those immediately behind the bolster are the onlyones in compression. These are of 4-in. x 2-in. T-irons The spaces between the posts below the arm-rest are filledin with wood and this furring is covered with vertical-matched siding in the usual manner The roof constructionis similar to that for cars with wood framing. It is of the ■g S4 width over posts at belt railWidth of door]. Street 40-0-leugth-over-corpiflr post a BODY FRAMING OF 40-FT. SEMI-STEEL MOTOR CAR sandwiched between wood fillers. All of the other of theposts are of wood, but tensional stresses are cared for byy2-in. rods running through and behind them. The lowerends of these rods are secured by a nut underneath theside-sill construction and their upper ends are secured to aplate forming the top member of the side framing by boltspassing through broad feet on the ends of the rods. Theplate referred to is 8 ins. x ^ in. and is bolted between twowood plates. The letter board is of wood and is secured inthe usual manner to the posts and to the outside top four steel posts on each side of the car are riveted to the monitor type with the monitor extending well style was preferred to the usual steam-coach type be-cause the end of the monitor gives an excellent location forthe destination sign. The steel floor of the car is covered with a double flooriy% ins. thick. Th
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