. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ^ins. Height from rail to top of floor 4ft., 2 13-16 ins., and from centre to centre. STEEL FLAT CAR. 40 TONS CAPACITY. FOR CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. Z-bar is made in one length. Theside sills are open hearth ship channels10 ins., deep, in one length and running20 lbs., to the foot. The end sills are ofsimilar make, only they weigh lbs.,to the foot and are also 10 ins. deep. Thebody bolsters are of the built up type,combined with the other frame. The diaphragms between sills are open
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ^ins. Height from rail to top of floor 4ft., 2 13-16 ins., and from centre to centre. STEEL FLAT CAR. 40 TONS CAPACITY. FOR CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. Z-bar is made in one length. Theside sills are open hearth ship channels10 ins., deep, in one length and running20 lbs., to the foot. The end sills are ofsimilar make, only they weigh lbs.,to the foot and are also 10 ins. deep. Thebody bolsters are of the built up type,combined with the other frame. The diaphragms between sills are openhearth steel shapes, pressed to shape 54in., thick. The top cover plates are each15x7-16 ins. The bottom tie plates are15x9-16 ins. The floor stringers are ofyellow pine or British Columbia fir, sides4x4 ins., the centre being 3^x4 ins., and3j^x4 ins., running the full length of thecar. The centre stringers are bolted withY in., bolts, and side stringers use }4 in.,bolts. The flooring is of spruce 9 ft.,long, 2y% inc., thick, with 5, 6 or 7 ins.,face width, and carefully board is nailed to the stringers witheight steel barbed wire nails 5 ins., long, used. The gene
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