. Railway mechanical engineer . upholstiTJiig, etc., in a passenger car is more inflammable thana wood inside linish, and that the paint and varnish in a steelcar is inflammable. By the adoption of a composite construc-tion the car is claimed to be warmer in winter and cooler in thesummer, and in addition, these cars can be repaired in any ofthe companys shops at the same cost as a wood car, thus sav-ing the expense of buying special machinery and keeping in Cross Sections of the Grand Trunk Car Stock special material for repairs, which would be necessarywith steel interior and exterior
. Railway mechanical engineer . upholstiTJiig, etc., in a passenger car is more inflammable thana wood inside linish, and that the paint and varnish in a steelcar is inflammable. By the adoption of a composite construc-tion the car is claimed to be warmer in winter and cooler in thesummer, and in addition, these cars can be repaired in any ofthe companys shops at the same cost as a wood car, thus sav-ing the expense of buying special machinery and keeping in Cross Sections of the Grand Trunk Car Stock special material for repairs, which would be necessarywith steel interior and exterior finish. UNDERFRAME The underframe is constructed with the center sills as theprincipal members. They are of the built up fishbelly type, con-tinuous from buffer beam to buffer beam and consist of a 30 >i in. top cover plate. 5 in. by 3 in. by ^i in. top angles, 5/16 176 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION Vol, 89, No. 4
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