(CAPACITY 40 TONS)
Gauge, 4 feet, 8½ inches. Length over End Sills, 40 feet, 10
inches. Width over Side Sills, 9 feet, 1½ inches. Width inside,
8 feet, 6 inches. Height inside, 8 feet, 0 inches. Width of Door
Opening, 6 feet, 0 inches. Height from Rail to center of Coupler,
2 feet, 10½ inches. Height from Rail to Top of Floor, 4 feet, 1
inch.
Red Fir used throughout for woodwork of the car.
Six Sills 5 × 9 inches.
Four Truss Rods, 1½ inches round.
Automatic Couplers and Tandem Spring Draft Gear.
Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake.
Standard Two-Ply Roof with prepared Roofing Paper between the two
courses.
Security Door Hangers.
One End Door.
Cast Steel Body Bolsters.
Malleable Iron Post and Brace Pockets.
Trucks, Rigid Diamond Frame Arch Bar Type.
Cast Steel Bolsters.
Steel Channel Spring Plank.
Wheels, 33-inch Chilled Cast Iron.
Steel Axles with 5 × 9 Journals.
Malleable Iron Journal Boxes.
Inside Hung Metal Brake Beams.
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[Sidenote: _CODE
"Britcomb"
Number 172_]
=B. C. Box Car=
=Capacity 30 Tons=
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