. Electric railway journal . ard at theend sill and the two members meet at the center line ofthe car, where they are spliced together to form theend sills. In addition, a 3/16-in. x 9yo-in. plate is se-curely riveted to the above-mentioned angles and thisis reinforced on the bottom with a 3V2-in. x 21/2-in. x^-in. angle. Frequent crossings composed of 4-in., chan-nels fasten the two girders together and provide a sup-port for the flooring, and the underframe is furtherstiffened by the use of diagonal members consisting of2%-in- x %-in. steel bars. Generous gusset plates alsoare faste
. Electric railway journal . ard at theend sill and the two members meet at the center line ofthe car, where they are spliced together to form theend sills. In addition, a 3/16-in. x 9yo-in. plate is se-curely riveted to the above-mentioned angles and thisis reinforced on the bottom with a 3V2-in. x 21/2-in. x^-in. angle. Frequent crossings composed of 4-in., chan-nels fasten the two girders together and provide a sup-port for the flooring, and the underframe is furtherstiffened by the use of diagonal members consisting of2%-in- x %-in. steel bars. Generous gusset plates alsoare fastened to bottom angle and crossing channels. Thetop angle of the girder is covered with an oak windowrail which also furnishes an arm rest on the inside ofcar. The main platform knees are made up of a flat plateof No. 10 gage steel cut in a concave-wedge shape andreinforced on one side by means of 21/2-in. x 2V2-in. x%-in. and 3y2-in. x 21/2-in. x %-in. angles. These plat-form knees are securely riveted to the end sills and to. NEW ORLEANS CAR—STEEL FRAMING COMPLETE, INCLUD-ING LETTERBOARD AND VESTIBULE SHEATHING
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