. American engineer and railroad journal . The platform sills are heavy angles bent to give the propershape and are continuous from side to side. The vestibuleend posts are fastened to them with heavy steel castings. Theend sills of the car body are not made as a continuous pieceextending completely across the car, but in the form of adouble set of short angle bars fastened between the side andend sills by angle iron braces. side, six being compound or double, and ten single, the formeibeing made up of two 3 by 2 by ^-in. angles spaced six inchesapart. Between each is placed a 6 in. channel wi
. American engineer and railroad journal . The platform sills are heavy angles bent to give the propershape and are continuous from side to side. The vestibuleend posts are fastened to them with heavy steel castings. Theend sills of the car body are not made as a continuous pieceextending completely across the car, but in the form of adouble set of short angle bars fastened between the side andend sills by angle iron braces. side, six being compound or double, and ten single, the formeibeing made up of two 3 by 2 by ^-in. angles spaced six inchesapart. Between each is placed a 6 in. channel with its faceturned outward and flush with the outer edge of the angleirons. In the center of this channel is fastened a 3 by 3 by4-in. tee, the whole being securely riveted together and form-ing a very stiff and substantial construction. The single sidepost is but 10 inches back and really forms part of the con-which are separate from the side posts, although the first sidepost is but 10 inches back and really forms part of the con- 3-tP. SIDE FRAMIXU OF STEEL CAR—LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. 342 AMERICAX ENGINE K I! AND KA1LR0AD JOURNAL.
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