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Title: American engineer
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Steel End As Applied to New York Central Box Cars. damaged it has a considerable value as scrap, while the woodenend is valueless. The end is made in two parts to facilitate erection on the riptracks or where an overhead crane is not available. If desirable JANIARY. 1913 AMI.RICAN I-:MG(NF.I<.R.
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,o -r- _ \Ai^^^^„ Rnv Car- New York Central & Hudson River.Steel End Applied to 40-Ton Wooden box »./ar, iNew i ui .^ v-c AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 87, No. 1 llic two parts ma\ be riveted together in advance if it is desiredto apply them at shops where there is a good crane service.The two-part end has the additional advantage of reduced ex-pense for replacement if one-half should he seriously damagedand need renewal. Since the lower half of the end is usuallysubjected to the greater punishment due to shifting loads it ismade slightly heavier than the upper half, being i-^ in. thick, ascompared to 3/16 in. for the upper half. The reduction in thick-ness of the upper half is estimated to save about 300 lbs. inthe weight of the car. The lower half of the end is said to beequivalent in strength to a flat steel plate 7^ in. in thickness. One of the illustrations shows the application of the end toa wooden box car, while another shows it applied to the all-steelbox car which is being

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