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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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the inside to take a ^-in. square rod whichpasses vertically through the center of the posts and is bent at aslight angle, as shown on one of the detail drawings. This rodis to prevent side of car becoming bulged out after being inservice for a time. These vertical rods have round ends andpass through the side sill at the bottom and through the steelcarlines at the top. There is a nut at the bottom of each rod,so that if the side of the car gives evidence of getting out ofline the nuts can be screwed up. It will be evident that theslight angle of these vertical rods gives them the effect of atruss rod, and by tightening the nut at the bottom the sides ofthe car can be drawn inwardly. The two halves of these largeside posts are glued and screwed together, with the square rodbetween them. The small or intermediate side posts are ofwhite ash. 2% ins. thick, tenoned and fastened to sill withstrap bolts. BOTTOM FRAMING OF VESTIBULESThe vestibule platforms are carried on platform knees made
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NEW 4000-TYPE BUFFALO CAR of white oak, 2^4 ins. x8 ins. The outside knees are reinforcedby 3-in. x 4-in. x J^-in. angle iron, extending, as shown in oneof the drawings, and bent to the shape of under side of knees.The two inner knees are of white oak, 2% ins. x 8 ins., eachknee reinforced by a steel plate, % in. x 5 ins., bent, as shownon detail drawing, and securely bolted to center sills of car andknees. Each knee is hung with two J^-in. bolts passing throughend sill and through a plate of iron placed transversely on underside of platform knees, of sufficient strength to carry weight ofvestibule without bending. A ^-in. x 2l/2-m. plate is sunk into March 25, 1905.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 547 the upper edge of end sill under heads of bolts, and of sufficientlength to form a bearing for both bolt rods at the same time.Across the under side of both center knees is fastened a pieceof white oak, 4 J/J ins. x 11 ins., to which is fastened the com-panys standard draw-bar pocket of wrough

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