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Identifier: electricrailways01ashe (find matches)
Title: Electric railways, theoretically and practically treated
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Ashe, Sydney Whitmore Keiley, John D
Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York, Van Nostrand
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
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ate with novibration or noise, and be comfortable in all kinds ofweather. The steel frame construction adopted may be observedby Fig. 115. Fig. 117 shows the floor framing and themethod of reinforcing the side and end sills. Fig. 116illustrates the roof framing, and Fig. 115 the complete carframing ready for the side sheathing. About 700 lbs. ofwood is used in the construction of one of these cars.This wood, however, is completely fireproofed before beingemployed. The weight of a car body is 34,000 lbs., the motor truckweighing 12,240 lbs., and the trailer truck 8,400 lbs. Itwas found necessary to use a lining in the walls whichwould deaden sound and resist the transmission of heat.The floors are composed of a triple layer, corrugatedsheet-iron composing the first layer. This is coveredwith a fireproof flooring of a composition material termedMonolith. Ash strips cover this flooring to form agood wearing surface. The cars are provided with vestibules at each end, which CAR BODIES. i8i
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Fig. 114. —END VIEW FIREPROOF CAR. 182 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. are equipped with sliding doors covered with sheet-iron.The general dimensions of the car may be found in thefollowing table, extracted from the American Engineer &Railroad Journal: Length over body corner posts Length over buffers Length over draw bars Width over side sills , Width over side plates Width over sheathing . Width over eaves of upper deck Width over eaves of lower deck Width over window sills . . . Width over batteries .... Width over platform floor . . Height under face of sill to top of plate Height under face of center sill to top of roof Height of rail to top of truck center plate Height of rail to under face of side sill Height of rail to top of roof (car light) Side sill angles . . . Platform end sill angles Side plate angles . . Carline angles . . . Purlin angles .... Cross-truss, horizontal angles Cross-truss, diagonal Window sill angles . Wainscot furring angle Upper deck eaves angle Floor support a

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  • bookid:electricrailways01ashe
  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ashe__Sydney_Whitmore
  • bookauthor:Keiley__John_D
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Van_Nostrand
  • bookcontributor:Northeastern_University__Snell_Library
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  • bookleafnumber:197
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