. Railway mechanical engineer . l members of the side frame are the 4-in., channel posts, extending from side sill to the plate, The roof is of unusually light construction. The lower 646 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 90, No. 12 deck carlines are 3-in. by 3-in. by T-iron, to theflanges of which the roof sheets are riveted. The decksheets are flanged at the top to form an inverted U-section2%-in. wide and are secured at the bottom to the verticalleg of a 3-in. by 3-in. by J4m- longitudinal angle, which isriveted to the ends of the lower deck carlines. The decksheets a
. Railway mechanical engineer . l members of the side frame are the 4-in., channel posts, extending from side sill to the plate, The roof is of unusually light construction. The lower 646 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 90, No. 12 deck carlines are 3-in. by 3-in. by T-iron, to theflanges of which the roof sheets are riveted. The decksheets are flanged at the top to form an inverted U-section2%-in. wide and are secured at the bottom to the verticalleg of a 3-in. by 3-in. by J4m- longitudinal angle, which isriveted to the ends of the lower deck carlines. The decksheets are stiffened vertically by T-irons, which are applied 1-16-in. thick, are riveted to the carlines; they extend overand are also riveted to the inverted U-section at the top ofthe deck sheets. The details of the vestibule and body end construction areclearly shown in the drawings. The body end-frame mem-bers are the 4-in., channel door posts, the cornerposts built up on S-in. by 3-in. by ^-in. angles, and the 4-in., Construction of the Vestibule on the outside of the deck plates. There are 15 of these oneach side of the car, the intervals between them being con-siderably greater than those between the carlines. The upperdeck carlines are 3-in. by 3-in. by T-sections, theflanges of which are bent down at the end and riveted to theinside faces of the deck sheets. The roof sheets, which are Z-bar intermediate posts. The short leg of the cornerpost angle is flush with the outside face of the side sill andto it is riveted the side sheet. The face of the long leg iseven with the inside faces of the intermediate and door postsand to it is attached the y$-in. steel interior end finish. Thecorner post is completed by a special /4-in. pressed steel December, ll RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 647 channel, to which the exterior end sheet is riveted and isfinished with a pressed steel vestibule door post, appliedoutside of the side and end sheets. The hood constru
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