. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . wide as this testing department establishedby Mr. Ely in 1875, with a single chemist working in asmall room j>artitioned off in a corner of the Altoonamachine shop. Steel Freight Cars for Great Indian Peninsula Railway By Our India Correspondent Although the accepted practice in India is the four-wheeled wagon after the type of the British, but of largercapacity, there are now quite a number of bogie vehiclesrunning, and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, whichcarries large quantities of
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . wide as this testing department establishedby Mr. Ely in 1875, with a single chemist working in asmall room j>artitioned off in a corner of the Altoonamachine shop. Steel Freight Cars for Great Indian Peninsula Railway By Our India Correspondent Although the accepted practice in India is the four-wheeled wagon after the type of the British, but of largercapacity, there are now quite a number of bogie vehiclesrunning, and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, whichcarries large quantities of cotton, seeds, etc., have beenthe pioneer railway to i)ut into general use larger andmore capacious vehicles. •/^ in. There arc two 4-wheeled trucks having wheels43 in. diameter, and axles with journals 10 x 5 in. Theaxle boxes, brakegear, etc., are to I. R. C. A. doors are of folded tyi)e and they (like the sides) arecorrugated for stiffness. The thickness of the plate is3/16 in. Chainless fastenings have now been introducedto ciiunteract the tendency of theft of chains and loose. )\ T1.!.\IX ON Till-: ,UI:AT PENINSL!^ The train shown in the illustration is made up of steelbogie cars, each with a carrying capacity of 40 to 45 tons(2,240 lbs.). The lx»dies of these cars are of steel withpressed corrugations to give them stiffness. They arewell framed together on standard Ts, etc., the wholemounted on underframes built up of channels 8 x 3 x5-1/16 in., with longitudinals and headstocks 10 x iyi x fittings exj)erienced in India. The cars are fitted withboth hand and power brakes. The hand arrangement isof the side lever type known as Little Giant compoundlever arrangement. The arrangement is such that witha man of ordinary weight standing on the side lever a pressure of 8 tons on the brake blocks of onetnick: the photograph shows how the Indian shunters March. 1923 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 75 operate this arrangement. The power
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