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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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uthern pine in two sections, with a plate of soft steel;j.\8 in., extending the entire length. In the center the threeparts are securely bolted together, and held in position crosswiseby rods passing from side to side w-ith nuts and counter-sunk wash-ers at the ends, also by the outer plates of the body bolster beingbent so as to form an angle to receive the bolts which pass throughthem and the side sills. The side sills are further supported in the center by truss rodsanil the ends are held up by a continuous iron truss of Yi x lyi in.iron, which rests on struts located over the body bolster. The endsof these trusses are made of round iron which pass downwardthrough the side sill and engage with a plate of iron designedto receive them; also passing through the end sill and turned up soas to support the end sill. The vestibules are supported by T-irons,which are formed so that the rear end rests under the side sills andwhere these irons cross under the end sills, they are supported by
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FIG. 20-INSlDli FINISH OF STANDARD 32-FT. 5-IN. BOX CAR. Length of car over buffer 43 ft. I/i in. Width of car over side sills 8 ft. 5% in. Width of car over eaves .. ■ 8 ft. 10% in. Length of car between truck centers 20 ft. 9^ in. length of truck wheel base S ft. o in. Height of car post 5 ft. 8H ■ Height of car from Iwttom of sills over all • ■ 9 ft. o in. Height of car from rail over all 11 ft. 7^ in. Distance from center to center of teats 2 ft. 8^ in. Length of scats over all 3 ft. o in. Width of aisle between seats I ft. 7/» in. Distance between seat backs in aisle 2 ft. oj^ in. Weight of car, including trucks and electrical appliances. ...41,500 lb. hangers held ill prjsition liy holts which pass vertically tlifdUKh theend sills. The side plates arc of southern pine aiul arc sicurcd to the sidesills by rods with nuts and washers at each end; these rods arcplaced at the ends of the car and each alternate post the entirelength of the car. The other posts are secured to

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