Electric railway journal (1911) (14573334687)

Identifier: electricrailway381911newy (find matches)

Title: Electric railway journal

Year: 1908 (1900s)

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Subjects: Electric railroads

Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

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x 7^4 in. insize, reinforced with 6-in. channels; inside filler of 2^ in.x 6-in. yellow pine. All intermediate sills are 4^4 in. x 6 in.in size, reinforced from buffer to 3 ft. beyond the bolsterand plated on one side with ^-in. x 6-in. steel plate. Thecenter sills consist of 6-in. I-beams with a 2^4-in. by 6-in.pine filler on each side. The cross framing is of oak.tenoned into the side sill fillers, intermediate and center sill by U-irons. These U-irons are bolted to end sills andlongitudinal timbers. The cars have a steel undertruss. The side of the car is framed for seven pairs of doublePullman style sashes per side. The oval top sash is station-ary with sectional window sills, and the upper sash extendsover the two lower. The windows are arranged to raise.All doors are of solid mahogany and glazed with plate glass.The interior finish is Honduras mahogany. The ceilings aresemi-Empire 3/16-in. hard English agasote. The trim-mings are of heavily oxidized solid bronze. There are win-

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