. American engineer . nt of support for the spring plank. Cast bolsters are employed and the wheels are of the 33 in. standard 725 lb. cast iron type. The journals are Syi in. X 10 in., and Gould malleable iron journal boxes have been applied. Some of the specialties employed on the car are: Miner friction draft gear, class A-7; simplex couplers; Flory carry iron; Waycott brake beam and Westinghouse schedule K. C. 1012 brakes with No. 10 pressure retaining valves. Five hundred of the cars were built by the American Car & Foundry Company, and an equal number by tlie Standard Steel Car Company.
. American engineer . nt of support for the spring plank. Cast bolsters are employed and the wheels are of the 33 in. standard 725 lb. cast iron type. The journals are Syi in. X 10 in., and Gould malleable iron journal boxes have been applied. Some of the specialties employed on the car are: Miner friction draft gear, class A-7; simplex couplers; Flory carry iron; Waycott brake beam and Westinghouse schedule K. C. 1012 brakes with No. 10 pressure retaining valves. Five hundred of the cars were built by the American Car & Foundry Company, and an equal number by tlie Standard Steel Car Company. They have a total weight of lbs. The general dimensions are as follows: Length over end sills 42 ft. 0 in. Length inside 40 ft. 0 in. Distance from center to center of truck 31 ft. 4 in. Width over side sills 9 ft. yi in. Width over au.\iliary stake pockets 9 ft. 914 in. Width over side stakes 9 ft. 7 in. Width inside 8 ft. 6 in. Height from rail to top of sides 6 fl. 3^ in. lO_>^Y4yi_^dJ^]i^J^^£^^^^. Details of Draft Sills on Jersey Central Gondola. the top of the cast steel end sill. There is also an extension ofthis sill at the center of the car to reinforce the end doorat the bottom and talce the stress from the hinges. Pockets areprovided for extra wooden side stakes where needed to carry asuperimposed load. The sides are 2 ft. 6J4 in. high above thefloor level and are capped by a 2 in. x 3 in. x J4 in. angle flooring is nailed to four 4 in. x 4 in. yellow pine longitu-dinal sills which rest on and are secured to cross ties. Thesesills rest in malleable iron pockets at the cross bearers andbolsters, and in recesses in the end sills. The ends of the floorplanks rest on top of the side sills and extend i/^ in. beyondthem. The end doors have two hinges. The straps extend the fulldepth of the door and swing on a staple bolted in the end doors are held in a vertical position by a simple design ofclamp on either side. There is a permanent hand bra
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