6th. REDUCED DEAD HAUL. Which is 30% less than Flat Car of same capacity and equipment. This is important where heavy grades are encountered.
7th. OPEN DESIGN. Facilitates operation of both loading and unloading, lessening the time required and reducing the danger. At the same time, ample protection is provided for Brake Rigging, eliminating danger of being fouled by falling logs.
8th. INCREASED BUFFING CAPACITY. Connecting timbers forming backbone of 300 sq. in. cross section, which offers great resistance to buffing shocks.
Length over timber, 40 feet, can be furnished up to 56 feet. Length over all, 42 feet. Width over connecting timbers, 30 inches. Height to center of Coupler, 2 feet, 10 inches. Height to top of Bunk, 48 inches. Width of Bunk, optional, 9 feet or 10 feet. Bunk centers in illustration, 24 feet, but is optional with purchaser. M. C. B. Automatic Couplers. Westinghouse Air Brakes. Inside Hung Metal Brake Beams. Standard Diamond Arch Bar Truck Frame. Metal Truck Bolster. Seattle Car Manufacturing Co.'s Patent Cast Steel Body Bolster in combination with Patent Cast Steel Bunks, riveted together, making solid section. Thirty-three inch Cast Iron Wheels, chilled tread, double plate. Steel Axles, 4½ × 8 inch Journals. Malleable Iron and Steel Castings used throughout. Draft Gear optional. (Twin Spring or tandem.) Bunks Cast Steel, Hercules Patent, equipped with Knight Patent Chock, the McLafferty Stake, or the Skookum Bunk. Weight, approximately 19,000 pounds. This Car is protected by U. S. Patents.
Owing to the original construction of Bunk and Bolster no part of the load is carried on the timber sills
Protected by U. S. Patents
