. Electric railway journal . eight. No posts are used in these cars, but ribsand stays similar to those in a ship extend from one sidesill to the other, forming in one piece the posts and car-lines, and tying the superstructure to both side sills. Therigid rectangular bracing in the center and over the bodybolster at the end of the car affords great strength. The,rigid triangular braces connecting the depressed side sillswith the center sill of the car also are a very efficient fea-ture. In a collision a car with this type of framing has thewhole metal cross-section brought into play to resist
. Electric railway journal . eight. No posts are used in these cars, but ribsand stays similar to those in a ship extend from one sidesill to the other, forming in one piece the posts and car-lines, and tying the superstructure to both side sills. Therigid rectangular bracing in the center and over the bodybolster at the end of the car affords great strength. The,rigid triangular braces connecting the depressed side sillswith the center sill of the car also are a very efficient fea-ture. In a collision a car with this type of framing has thewhole metal cross-section brought into play to resist theshock. 1284 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXVIII, No. 26. FLAT-ARCH PREPAYMENT CARS FOR SAVANNAH The Savannah (Ga.) Electric Company has recentlyplaced in service three flat-arch, semi-steel prepaymentcars which were built by the St. Louis Car Company inaccordance with the Stone & Webster Engineering Cor-porations standard design for city service on Stone &Webster properties. So far as the body construction is. One of Three Arch-Roof Cars for Savannah, concerned, this car is the same as that used in Houston,Tex., except for some differences in the platform arrange-ment. The motormans platform is partly vestibuled in Length over the corner posts 26 ft. 6 in. Length over the dasheis 37 ft. 6 in. Length over the front dasher from body corner post 6 ft. Length over the dasher, rear end, from body corner 6ft. Length over the buffers 38 ft. J£ in. Width inside below the windows 8 ft. 3A in. Width over the sheathing 8 ft. 4 in. Width over the drip rails 8 ft. 3^2 in. Distance from top of floor to point of arch 6 ft. 3 in. Distance from top of rail to top of body floor 37yi in. Distance from top of rail to top of the platform 28 in. Distance from top of rail to top of step 15 in. Cross-seat spacing 2 ft. S in. Length ever ends of cross-seats 35 in. cold weather and has a gate instead of a door for the exit;the conductors platform is also doorless, but is inclosedon the l
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