. Railway mechanical engineer . An End View of the Hopper Car ends and 24 in. deep at the center, this depth being main-tained for a distance of 10 ft. 9 in. The side stake- are5 in. by 2] _> in. by 5-16 in. channels and 4 in. by i/j ;s in. tees, the depth of the car side being 5 ft. S _. inside length of the car at the top of the hopper is 35ft. and the top members of the body frame are 2J4 in. by2;4 in. by -\s in. angles. As will be seen from the illustrations, the car is so sup- The plates used in the body are for the most part 7 lb. and10 lb. per sq. ft. The trucks are of a
. Railway mechanical engineer . An End View of the Hopper Car ends and 24 in. deep at the center, this depth being main-tained for a distance of 10 ft. 9 in. The side stake- are5 in. by 2] _> in. by 5-16 in. channels and 4 in. by i/j ;s in. tees, the depth of the car side being 5 ft. S _. inside length of the car at the top of the hopper is 35ft. and the top members of the body frame are 2J4 in. by2;4 in. by -\s in. angles. As will be seen from the illustrations, the car is so sup- The plates used in the body are for the most part 7 lb. and10 lb. per sq. ft. The trucks are of a built up type, the frame used beingmade of -\s in. plates with channel transoms and end have 37 in. diameter wheels and a wheel base of 6 ft.,the distance between the center pins being 29 ft. 3 in. Thehopper doors are operated horizontally by racks and pinionsthrough the medium of Bramptons rail chains which are. Steel Hopper Car Built in England for the Bengal-Nagpur Railway ported on the trucks that the hopper hangs between themand comes close to the track at the bottom. The centersills are 10 in. channels, weighing lb. per ft. andextend between the .ij in. by 10 in. channel end sill andthe body bolster which is built up of 10 in., 50 lb. chan-nels and top and bottom cover plates 28 in. by 5-10 in. enclosed in special cases, the gearing being operated byhand wheels on either side of the car. The brakes are ofthe combined vacuum and hand lever type, having with separate 14 in. diameter vacuum brakes operate on all the wheels of the car. The cars were tested with a load of 179,000 lb. or 44,800 183 184 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 90, No. 4 lb. per axle without any trouble resulting. The followingtable gives a list of the principal dimensions: Length over buffers 44 ft. 11 in. Length over end sills 40 ft. 9 in. Length of body 35 ft. Width of underframe 9
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