Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 683
Large sliding doors provided in thecentres of both sides of the car serve for loading. Freight Cars.—Freight cars arc divided into several kinds, according to the nature of the freighttransported, and are known as box cars, stock cars, gondola cars, and coal cars. Excepting the coalcars, the… … with a skeleton framing, as in the case of stock cars. The construction of the body of a box car ismade plain by Figs. 3624 to 3627. There are no windows, and the framing is covered with woodenboards on the outside, and also to half the height on the inside. The roof is shaped with straightlines,…
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