. Electric railway journal . o bottom of sill 2 ft. 5 in. Height from rail to top of step tread 15 in. Height from first step to platform floor 14 in. Height from platform floor to car floor 8 in. Wheelbase of trucks, 33-in. wheels 4 ft. 6 in. Truck centers 19 ft. o in. The cars are very substantially constructed. The sidesills are composed of long leaf yellow pine, 4 in. x &/% in.,with a iHs-in. x 20-in. steel plate bolted on the outside. Thisplate has a 4-in. x 3-in. x %-in. angle riveted to the insideof the bottom edge and a 2-in. x il/2-. x 5/16-in. angleriveted to the outside of the botto
. Electric railway journal . o bottom of sill 2 ft. 5 in. Height from rail to top of step tread 15 in. Height from first step to platform floor 14 in. Height from platform floor to car floor 8 in. Wheelbase of trucks, 33-in. wheels 4 ft. 6 in. Truck centers 19 ft. o in. The cars are very substantially constructed. The sidesills are composed of long leaf yellow pine, 4 in. x &/% in.,with a iHs-in. x 20-in. steel plate bolted on the outside. Thisplate has a 4-in. x 3-in. x %-in. angle riveted to the insideof the bottom edge and a 2-in. x il/2-. x 5/16-in. angleriveted to the outside of the bottom edge. This outsideangle forms a seat for the poplar filler and vertical sidesheathing. The end sills are composed of 4^4-in. x plated on the outside with a j4-in. x 1 i-in. steel cross framing is composed of white oak timbers 3^-in. x 6^j-in., plated with 6-in. x 3/16-in. steel plates. The 6-ft. o-in. platforms at each end of the car are sup-ported on four knees, the two outside members being corn-. Washington Pay-Within Cars—Interior View posed of J^-in. steel plates, with 1/2-in. x il/2-m. x Y^ riveted to the bottom edge and 2-in. x 2-in. x riveted to the top edge. These angles form stiffenersfor the plates. The outside knees extend back to the bodybolsters under the side sills and are securely anchoredthereto. The two center knees are formed of 3-in. x 5-1n. xJMf-in. angles, which also extend back to the body bolste rsand are anchored there. They are also secured to the endsills by hook bolts. The bumpers are of the angle-iron type, formed by 6-in. x4-in. x 7/16-in. angles. They are covered on top with 16-gage sheet steel placed at an angle of about 45 deg. tokeep passengers from standing on them. The body truss rods are composed of steel bars 2j^-in. x5/16-in., in section bent downward at each end of the carat an angle of about 40 deg. They have i^-in. round endspassing along the side sills and anchored to combinationmalleable i
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