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Identifier: electricrailway331909newy (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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eptthat the slope is not so great at the sides.The additional height thus obtained af-fords space for the bottom window sashto raise into the roof. The floor construction is fireproof.On top of the 4-in. I-beam cross sills isplaced a covering of galvanized sheetiron to protect the superstructure againstdamage by fire or water. A %-in. yel-low pine tongue-and-groove floor is laidon the galvanized iron and supports acomposition floor surface about 11/16 in.thick reinforced with wire netting. Theedges of the trap doors and openingsthrough the floor are protected by angle-iron frames anda drain opening is placed in the center of the car floor.The wearing surface of the floor is marbleoid, suppliedby the St. Louis Marbleoid Manufacturing Company. Thismaterial is a composition of granite and cement, which issaid to wear well and be water and fireproof. In placingthe composition, which has the appearance of red concrete,it was brought up along the sides of the car body to cover r„. Journal
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St. Louis Steel Car—Exterior View, Showing Front and Rear Platform Arrangement the car below the window rails. Riveted to the bottom andinside of these side plates are two angle irons, which formthe connection for the 4-in. I-beam cross sills. One angleiron is 8 in. x 3^ in. x >S in., with its long side rivetedto the 26-in. side plate. The cross sills rest on the flangeof this L-shaped iron. Above the cross sills is the second a row of rivets and also to afford a joint which would notcatch dirt. This feature is clearly illustrated. The windows of the car body all raise to leave largeopenings for summer service. The top sash is fixed and thelower sash raises so that the bottoms of both sash are even,leaving an opening 27J4 in. high by 27^ in. wide. The March 13, lyoy.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 47i lower sash is fitted with a jHi-in. rubber bottom piece toprovide a tight joint with the arm rail in wet weather.Edwards lock lifts and compression rollers arc used tokeep the sash from

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