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Seattle Car & Foundry Company, Catalogue No. 3, December, 1913

British Columbia Electric Standard Box Car (CAPACITY 30 TONS)

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Illustration from Seattle Car & Foundry Company, Catalogue No. 3, December, 1913

Gauge, 4 feet, 8½ inches. Length inside, 40 feet, 0 inches. Width inside, 8 feet, 6 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, 2 inches.

Draft Sills, Oak. Buffer Blocks, Oak. All other framing, Red Fir.

Six Sills, 5 × 9 inches.

Four Truss Rods, 1⅜ inches round.

Automatic Couplers and Standard Tandem Draft Rig.

Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake and Inside Hung Metal Brake Beams.

Seattle Car & Foundry Co's Plastic Roof.

Security Door Hangers on both Side and End Doors.

Cast Steel Body and Truck Bolsters with special side bearings to provide for sharp curves.

Diamond Arch Bar Frame Trucks.

Channel Spring Plank.

Malleable Iron Journal Boxes.

Malleable Iron Columns.

33-inch Chilled Cast Iron Wheels and Steel Axles with 4¼ × 8 inch Journals.

U. S. Standard Safety Appliances.

CODE "Empire" Number 116

Standard Box Car

40 Tons Capacity

Illustration from Seattle Car & Foundry Company, Catalogue No. 3, December, 1913
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