. The Street railway journal . -■*^^?s&^«»**,.«i«^^ DRAW-BAR CARRIER, WITH WHICH THE MEMPHIS CARSARE BEING EQUIPPED DRAW-BAR CARRIER Several of the reproductions show the drawbar carrier de-signed by Mr. McWhorter for use in connection with VanDorn drawbars. The details of this device are given in a Draw Bar YokeW. Iron 9K-. DETAILS OF DRAFT RIGGING OF SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS separate drawing. The outside and inside carrier castingsare bolted together and suspended from a circular I-beambolted to the platform timbers. The carrier castings con-tain seats for coil springs on either side of the dra
. The Street railway journal . -■*^^?s&^«»**,.«i«^^ DRAW-BAR CARRIER, WITH WHICH THE MEMPHIS CARSARE BEING EQUIPPED DRAW-BAR CARRIER Several of the reproductions show the drawbar carrier de-signed by Mr. McWhorter for use in connection with VanDorn drawbars. The details of this device are given in a Draw Bar YokeW. Iron 9K-. DETAILS OF DRAFT RIGGING OF SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS separate drawing. The outside and inside carrier castingsare bolted together and suspended from a circular I-beambolted to the platform timbers. The carrier castings con-tain seats for coil springs on either side of the drawbaropening. The drawbar is supported on a yoke the twoends of which rest on a coil of springs. A safety guard of point of travel. When the drawbar is not in use the twosprings push a wrought-iron plate up against the under sideof the supporting I-beam with sufficient pressure to keep theIjar from swinging on the beam as the car lurches. Oneadvantage in the use of the carrieris that the drawbar heads insteadof becoming worn on the top faceare held up in such a manner thatthe wear is distributed over thewhole face. The wide range ofvertical travel of the bar is also , and especially so wherethe tracks are uneven. The car-rier, moreover, always holds thedrawbar level, and this adds con-siderably to the appe
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