While the
expense of producing this new type of car has obviously been great,
this consideration has not influenced the management of the company in
developing an equipment which promised the maximum of operating
safety.
[Illustration: END VIEW OF MOTOR TRUCK]
[Sidenote: _The General
Arrangements_]
The general dimensions of the all-steel car differ only slightly from
those of the wooden car. The following table gives the dimensions of
the two cars, and also that of the Manhattan Railway cars:
Wooden All-Steel Manhattan
Cars. Cars. Cars.
Length over body corner posts, 42' 7" 41' 1/2" 39' 10"
Length over buffers, 51' 2" 51' 2" 47' 1"
Length over draw-bars, 51' 5" 51' 5" 47' 4"
Width over side sills, 8' 8-3/8" 8' 6-3/4" 8' 6"
Width over sheathing, 8' 10" 8' 7" 8' 7"
Width over window sills, 8' 11-7/8" 9' 1/2" 8' 9"
Width over battens, 8' 10-3/4" 8' 7-1/4" 8' 7-7/8"
Width over eaves, 8' 8" 8' 8" 8' 9-1/2"
Height from under side of sill
to top of plate, 7' 3-1/8" 7' 1" 7' 3"
Height of body from under side
of center sill to top of roof, 8' 9-7/8" 8' 9-7/8" 9' 5-7/8"
Height of truck from rail to
top of truck center plate
(car light), 2' 8" 2' 8" 2' 5-3/4"
Height from top of rail to
underside of side sill at
truck center (car light), 3' 1-1/8" 3' 2-1/8" 3' 3-1/4"
Height from top of rail to
top of roof not to exceed
(car light), 12' 3/4" 12' 0" 12' 10-1/2"
The general frame plan of the all-steel car is clearly shown by the
photograph on page 128.
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