. Railway mechanical engineer . flTfl-M-ft k—^- -isilg- -Tzak- Floor Plan of D. & H. Coach with Smoking Compartment coaches from the two builders are the same, but a change hasbeen made in the seating arrangement, the cars built by theBarney & Smith Company having a smoking room accom-modating six persons and seats in the main portion of the which form the bottom of the center sills, to which the cross-Ijearers on either side are riveted. The side sills are angles6 in. by 4 in. by Yi in., riveted to the crossbearers and bodybolsters, and the floor beams are 6-in. 8-lb. channels, riveted. steel


. Railway mechanical engineer . flTfl-M-ft k—^- -isilg- -Tzak- Floor Plan of D. & H. Coach with Smoking Compartment coaches from the two builders are the same, but a change hasbeen made in the seating arrangement, the cars built by theBarney & Smith Company having a smoking room accom-modating six persons and seats in the main portion of the which form the bottom of the center sills, to which the cross-Ijearers on either side are riveted. The side sills are angles6 in. by 4 in. by Yi in., riveted to the crossbearers and bodybolsters, and the floor beams are 6-in. 8-lb. channels, riveted. steel Coach for the Delaware & Hudson car for 78 passengers, while one end of the cars built by dieAmerican Car & Foundry Company is partitioned off to forma smoking compartment, the seating capacity of the smokingsection being 24 and of the main compartment, 66 the construction of the underframe, a combined cast to %-vcL- pressed angle brackets on the web plates and sidesills. In the cars built by the Barney & Smith Company, afalse floor, made of 1/16-in. plate is secured directly to thefloor beams and above this die wooden floor stringers areplaced. The American Car & Foundry Company makes use 85 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 91, No. 2 of 3-in. by Zyi-in. by !4-n. angles, fastened to bracketsresting on the floor Ijeams to furnish a support for the falsefloor at the level of the center sill cover plates. The longi-tudinal floor support between the body bolsters and the end T.\BLE 1.—Weights and Dimensions of New Cars for the Delaware& HudsonSeating


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