Railway and Locomotive Engineering . DETAILS OF FREIGHT CAR FOR THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, 1856 which the writer has been able to develop,which is probably the earliest in exist-ence, is that shown in B. & O. blue print0262, No. 14, 68, Case R, which is entitledFreight car for Bait. & Ohio Railroad,as arranged Aug., 1856. Scale 1 in. 1 ft.,and bears the autographed inscription,Henry Tyson, M. of Mchy., Aug. 18, was at that time the standard wood-en box car of the road. The construction of the car is ver\-clearlv shown in longitudinal section, side. FIG. 5 view, transverse section a
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . DETAILS OF FREIGHT CAR FOR THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, 1856 which the writer has been able to develop,which is probably the earliest in exist-ence, is that shown in B. & O. blue print0262, No. 14, 68, Case R, which is entitledFreight car for Bait. & Ohio Railroad,as arranged Aug., 1856. Scale 1 in. 1 ft.,and bears the autographed inscription,Henry Tyson, M. of Mchy., Aug. 18, was at that time the standard wood-en box car of the road. The construction of the car is ver\-clearlv shown in longitudinal section, side. FIG. 5 view, transverse section and end view, byFigs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and, except in being ofmuch smaller dimensions, and having endplatforms and hand brake rigging only,the car body does not materially differfrom those of present practice. Dimensions heads was 28 feet 8 inches. The specialdesign of trucks, the continuous draw barand the couplers, which are relics of oldpractice, need be only briefly referred to. The trucks, the wheels of which werecast iron with chilled treads, 30 inches indiameter, had rectangular wooden frames,and, as shown in the side view, had nopedestals, the axle boxes being connectedto the side members of the frame by leafsprings. This was, at that time, commonpractice, and in the locomotive trucks ofseveral builders, notably the New CastleManufacturing Co., the axle boxes oneach side were bolted to the ends of longleaf springs, the middles of which wereattached to the truck transom, the springsthemselves forming the side members ofthe truck frame. The couplers
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