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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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t is securedto the draft casting at the end, to a corner casting which in-• cludes the push pole pockets, to the side longitudinal angles, to-.the corner posts and the end post and braces, as well as to the center plate casting fits between the members of the center silland extends some distance toward the end sill, forming the backstop casting for the draft gear. The center plate itself is a sepa-rate piece riveted to the bottom of the sill. Very heavy diagonalbraces extend from the corner casting, which includes the pushpole pocket, to the center sills at the center plate. There are six stififeners between the center and side sills, fourbeing located between the cantilevers and one midway betweenthem and the center plate. These consist simply of dished sec-tions 6^ in. in depth and without cover plates. Similar dishedpieces 8 in. in depth are secured between the center sills at thesepoints. There are no intermediate longitudinal members, the 504 AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 86, Xo. 10.
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OcTonER. 1912. AMERICAN ENGINEER. 505 tliKir lifing ciinstructccl nt i-s »■ tiiaU-rial, giving ample strengthtil carry the huhni; uitlmnt such supports. SLTEKSTRLXTIRE. The side Iraniing consists of a scries of posts and hraces, eachformed of V^ in. open hearth steel pressed in U shape of vary-ing cross section, as is shown in the detail of one of the posts.The shape of these niemhers is such as to give the greatestresistance to side thrust at a point ahout one-third of the dis-tance above tlie floor. The side flanges are wide and the endsare flat, being riveted directly to the sill and plate. This typeof post was selected on account of its great strength and light -aTk- jL._ :^ ■!^;<~■*-H^;t<— -40, S J ! Section C-D.Pressed Steel Posts for Steel Freight Cars. ^-H^ weight, and the opportunity given for a strong connection atthe joint. Sufficient rivets can be inserted to develop the fullstrength of the member without the necess

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