Milwaukee Uses Plywood in New Streamlined Equipment

The adaptability of Douglass fir plyrvood to railroad car and coach construction has been shown in its use recentlv for sidervalls, ceilings and floors in the new stream- the Harbor Plyrvood Corporation of Hoquiam, Washington, which furnished the plywood used in this job. equipment for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, states E. W. Daniels, vice president of

The new day coaches present the most advanced ideas in comfort and convenience for this type of travel and important use has been made of plywood in the strengthening and beautifying them. These cars, which are streamlined to the extent that there are no projecting windorvs, belt rails or rivet heads, have turtle back roofs and are tubular in shape.

While these cars are the same length as the present Milwaukee steel coaches, T2 leet 6 inches over body and posts, a saving in weight of almost one-third over the steel coaches has been effected, the new cars weighing about 50,000 pounds less than the steel coaches of the same size' The floor of the coach is lr/a-inch fir plywood covered with composition tile. The sidewalls are /a-inch fir plywood ,covered with cloth. Partitions are made up of 1f{-inch fir plyrvood. The ceiling is ft-inch plywood with poplar face, which is painted. The cove ceiling is 3/16-inch poplar, painted. The cove under the parcel rack is 3/16-inch fir plywood. The base of the parcel rack is likervise 3/16-inch fir plywood.

Wood is also featured in the new baggage and freight cars. In the case of the former, the walls are of t/a-inch fir plywood and the ceiling t/a-inch plywood. The freight car sides and ends are fu,-inch, five-ply fir plywood and the ceiling ft-inch three-ply fir plywood.