. Electric railway journal . p after the door isclosed. The sliding doors are now manually operatedby means of a vertical handle similar to the reverselever in the cab of a steam locomotive. With a travelof only 7 in. this lever permits the easy control of a As they have no bulkheads, particular care was takento make them draft-proof for winter service. In addi-tion, the new type has several other interesting fea-tures, none involving any radical departure, but alltending toward better service. The principal dimensions of the new car are shownon the accompanying drawings. It has a body lengtho
. Electric railway journal . p after the door isclosed. The sliding doors are now manually operatedby means of a vertical handle similar to the reverselever in the cab of a steam locomotive. With a travelof only 7 in. this lever permits the easy control of a As they have no bulkheads, particular care was takento make them draft-proof for winter service. In addi-tion, the new type has several other interesting fea-tures, none involving any radical departure, but alltending toward better service. The principal dimensions of the new car are shownon the accompanying drawings. It has a body lengthof 30 ft. 11 in. and accommodates forty passengers ina combination of Walker & Bennett transverse reversi-ble and short corner seats, all covered with bottom framing comprises steel channels andI-beams, yellow pine fillers and oak cross 30-in. x 3/16-in. side girders are bent around thecorner posts from door post to door post. These girdersare riveted to a 3-in. x %-in. lower sill angle, which is. Albany Cars—Plan of Bottom and Side Framing May 9, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1031 made in one length and bent around the corner post toform a spliced member in the center. At the sidebolster the side girder plates are reinforced by riveteddiagonal braces of 4-in. x %-in. steel bars. The end-sill reinforcement consists of 10-in. x Vi-in. steel plateriveted to the end-sill angle. Like the cross sills, thecast-steel bolsters were made with the proper aperturesfor conduit and air piping. Ash is used for the body posts, belt rail, letterboardand carlines. The posts are mortised into pine sillswhich in turn are bolted to the steel underframe. Theframing of the arch roof is reinforced by lV^-in. x % carlines. The roof and ceiling comprise poplar, agasote headlining and an inter-mediate lining of 34-in. cork, the last being used forinsulation and sound-deadening. Cork of the samethickness is also used as a heat insulator between the
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