. Electric railway journal . MAXIMUM FLANGE GAGE street car wheels, if the track is reasonably near to thegage. When a wheel wears to a sharp flange it is notbecause of side play, but because the wheel crowds therail all the time, entirely eliminating side play. Wheelsusually wear to a concaved surface and the tops of therails to a convex surface in both steam and electricrailways. The tread being only slightly wider than thehead of the rail, there is no chance to form a falseflange on the outside of the rim, while in steam roadwheels, with the wide tread, this is largely the causeof removal o
. Electric railway journal . MAXIMUM FLANGE GAGE street car wheels, if the track is reasonably near to thegage. When a wheel wears to a sharp flange it is notbecause of side play, but because the wheel crowds therail all the time, entirely eliminating side play. Wheelsusually wear to a concaved surface and the tops of therails to a convex surface in both steam and electricrailways. The tread being only slightly wider than thehead of the rail, there is no chance to form a falseflange on the outside of the rim, while in steam roadwheels, with the wide tread, this is largely the causeof removal of wheels. Too much taper would be veryobjectionable. If the wheel were designed with a cylin-.
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