. Railway mechanical engineer . the spring band. Except for the shorter baggage compartment and the loca-tion of the toilet and heater in tlie trailer car, the floor plansof the Maryland & Pennsylvania coaches are similar to thosesho\vn in the drawings, which are the arrangements of thebuilders full size car bodies. The bodies of the Maryland& Pennsylvania cars are built separate from the underframes,to which they are securely bolted. The overall height is 11ft. 4 in. above the rail and the floor is approximately 42 in. a small Arco Ideal hot water heater. The motor car isheated by the motor e
. Railway mechanical engineer . the spring band. Except for the shorter baggage compartment and the loca-tion of the toilet and heater in tlie trailer car, the floor plansof the Maryland & Pennsylvania coaches are similar to thosesho\vn in the drawings, which are the arrangements of thebuilders full size car bodies. The bodies of the Maryland& Pennsylvania cars are built separate from the underframes,to which they are securely bolted. The overall height is 11ft. 4 in. above the rail and the floor is approximately 42 in. a small Arco Ideal hot water heater. The motor car isheated by the motor exhaust, a portion of which may be di-verted through metal ducts carried along the sides of thecar just above the floor. The cars are fitted with Westinghouse self-equalizingautomatic brakes. The brake heads and shoes are of theM. C. B. type and the couplers are Van Dom vertical planety^e, one-half M. C. B. size. The motor car is fitted witha pilot, an electric headlight, a bell, air operated whistle,and marker Latest Type of Dining Car for the Pcnnsyhanii Pennsylvania System Dining Cars Built at Altoona Attractive Interior Finish, Kitchen Equipment, andCast-Steel Truck Side Frames Features of Design TWENTY new steel dining cars for the PennsylvaniaSystem have just been completed in the car shops atthe companys Altoona , these cars are the same as others now inservice, having a center sill built up of two 18-in. channelswith yi-m. by 24-in. top and bottom cover plates and fourcantilevers, two attached to each side of the center sills,spaced 18 ft. 9 in. from the transverse center line of the car,supporting the superstructure. No bolsters are used. The side truss below the window sills consists of a bottomangle 9/16 in. by 3^ in. by 5 in., a belt rail of specialsection having an area of about 4 sq. in. and web plates 4in. thick. The posts, of the cantilever type, are made of z^-in. pressed steel and from the bottom side angle to the The genera
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