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Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (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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not connected, but easily brought into play when both arefully opened. The Bunkers The bunkers are enclosed by a bulkhead, the outside faceof which is 3 ft. 4 in. from the end lining. The bulkheadis built up on 3-in. by 4-in. oak posts and consists of two-courses of %-in. tongued and grooved material separated bytwo yi-in. thicknesses of hair felt insulation covered withthree-ply waterproofing paper. The first course is laidagainst nailing strips between the posts and the outer courseis nailed directly to the faces of the posts. The top bulkheadopening is 14 in. deep and the bottom 12 in. The ice tank is fitted with a floor pan of galvanized steeland the lining of the end and sides of the car is covered withgalvanized iron from the floor pan flashing to the ceiling. The galvanized wire ice basket is spaced 1J4 in. from theend lining, l^i in. from the side linings and is attacheddirectly to the inside faces of the bulkhead posts The bot- Pressed Steel •• Pressed \Lt3—A Meet c^.e/
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Transverse and Longitudinal Sections Through the Hatch, Showing Method of Ventilating the Car U-section with one side extending down to form a supportto which the ceiling structure is bolted. The roof insulation consists of four layers of the J^-in.hair felt insulation, covered on each side with three-plywaterproofing paper. This insulation is placed between thesteel car-lines and the blind ceiling, which is built up of^-in. ship lap material on top of 2-in. by 3-in. transversenailing strips. On the lower face of the nailing strips theJ4~in. tongued and grooved ceiling is applied and the wholestructure is secured to the car-lines by ^-in. bolts. The details of the construction of the hatchway openingsand the methods of securing the insulation at these pointsare shown in the drawings. The hatch covers and plugsare both hinged from single sets of hinge fixtures with torn of the basket is closed with an oak grate made up of3j4-in. by lj^-in. bars extending across the car and sup-ported o

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