. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y centre plate and draw casting, whichtakes the National radial draw gear. loading space, which adds materially tothe carrying capacity of the car. Thefloor plates between the transverse girders,are made stiff by the use of heavy plates are made out of 54- stuff,principally to resist the effects of cor-rosion, and, of course, for strength aswell. To prevent the lodgment of coalback of the upper flange of the center sillgirder, during the dumping operation, the and two simil;\r sect
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y centre plate and draw casting, whichtakes the National radial draw gear. loading space, which adds materially tothe carrying capacity of the car. Thefloor plates between the transverse girders,are made stiff by the use of heavy plates are made out of 54- stuff,principally to resist the effects of cor-rosion, and, of course, for strength aswell. To prevent the lodgment of coalback of the upper flange of the center sillgirder, during the dumping operation, the and two simil;\r sections are put in atransverse position to stiffen the end wallsof the car. Additional rigidity is securedby the interior gusset plates which areused. A heavy bulb-angle is run roundthe top and a proportional angle is placedat the bottom. A further purpose of theexterior cross-tie side post is to m:ikc abearing in the cradle of the dumping ap-paratus, by which the contents of the 356 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November, 1917. car are most thoroughly trucks which carry the car are. INTEKIUK UF VIRt;i.\IAN two in number, each having six trucks are of the Lewis pattern, theframe being hinged over the centre this car the .American Steel FoundriesCompany furnished the truck and Davissteel wheels are used. The truck bolsteris made in the form of a spider, spanningthe central axle and transmitting the loadto each of four points. Each corner ofthe bolster is carried on helical springsand on the apex of each is a Stuki rollerside bearing. The journal boxes are ofthe well known McCord type, made ofpressed steel. The Davis steel wheels are33 ins. in diameter, and are mounted onM. C. B. standard axles designed to carry50,000 lbs. each, with 6x11 ins. wheel base of the truck is 9 ft. andeach truck weighs 16,350 lbs. There is one feature of the trucks notgenerally used. It is an extension cast-ing projecting over the axle nearest th
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