. Railway mechanical engineer . Locking Device Applied to Chicago, MilwaukeeBaggage Trucks & St. Paul of 3/J-in. round iron, bent at right angles and guided by twojHi-in. eye bolts. In order to lock the truck this iron is ex-tended between the wheel spokes, and when moved back outof the way the truck is unlocked and free to move. Move-ment of the locking bar C is controlled by the handle A,pivoted at B. The slot D prevents any binding action andthe handle A moves freely when it is desired to lock or un-lock the truck. The handle ^4 is supported by and slides ona band of %-in. by lj^-in. iron.
. Railway mechanical engineer . Locking Device Applied to Chicago, MilwaukeeBaggage Trucks & St. Paul of 3/J-in. round iron, bent at right angles and guided by twojHi-in. eye bolts. In order to lock the truck this iron is ex-tended between the wheel spokes, and when moved back outof the way the truck is unlocked and free to move. Move-ment of the locking bar C is controlled by the handle A,pivoted at B. The slot D prevents any binding action andthe handle A moves freely when it is desired to lock or un-lock the truck. The handle ^4 is supported by and slides ona band of %-in. by lj^-in. iron. The entire locking deviceis under the truck, out of the way, and has proved most ef-ficient for the purpose for which it was The Main Shop of the A. E. F. at Nevers, France An Efficient Car Straightening Frame Counterweighted Jacking Beams, Power Jackand Winch Facilitate Work on Steel Cars BENT end sills, bulged sides, damaged corners andbuckled cars are bugbears for shops that repair steelfreight equipment. Sledging or jacking the parts intoposition involves much hard work and oftentimes an indif-ferent job results. Jacking frames are now widely used for stresses when pulling or jacking with the car blocked againstthe frame. A general view of the stall is shown in Fig. 1while Fig. 4 shows the details of the structural work. and 6 show the appliance used for straightening by meansof an air motor which forms the unusual feature of this in-
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