. Railway mechanical engineer . Steel Side Frame of the Dining Cars 4:j. The original cross sectional and flange area of the centersills has been restored by the use of reinforcing members wher-ever it was necessary to cut the sills to allow piping to passthrough. ;f,-in. pressed steel diaphragms extending The end sills are wide. The cover plates are 24 in. wide across the center sills,tapering to a width of 13 in. at the ends and riveted directly tothe side girder construction. A steel filler casting is placed be-tween the center sills where it forms a solid bearing for the bodycenter plate.
. Railway mechanical engineer . Steel Side Frame of the Dining Cars 4:j. The original cross sectional and flange area of the centersills has been restored by the use of reinforcing members wher-ever it was necessary to cut the sills to allow piping to passthrough. ;f,-in. pressed steel diaphragms extending The end sills are wide. The cover plates are 24 in. wide across the center sills,tapering to a width of 13 in. at the ends and riveted directly tothe side girder construction. A steel filler casting is placed be-tween the center sills where it forms a solid bearing for the bodycenter plate. The center sills and side construction are further I. Details of the Hood Construction; Canadian Northern Dining Cars between the side and center sills. To the top flanges of these tied together by four crossties. These are made up of single diaphragms is riveted a >s-in. plate, 12 in. wide, which extends 54-in. pressed steel diaphragms and fillers to the top and bottom across the undername and forms part of the end sill. flanges of which are riveted cover plates 7 in. wide. The latter The bolster is built up of ->£-in. pressed steel diaphragms and extend continuously from side sill to side sill, the thickness of 80 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 90, No. 2 the top plates being Y% in. and the bottom plates 7/16 in. It hasbeen found from experience in service that with this construc-tion it is possible to support the center sill structure from theside sill girders so as to maintain the initial camber of 34-in. atthe center of the car, the trucks being 56 ft. 6 in. apart steel channels 3/16 in. thick secured
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