. American engineer . T^ T \T^r-Bolf LackDrive Hei/ naf/^^flloch Boltless tijan li. L. 1 1_l \1. %>,her,h iech. t11 1 7>:l ■; <3»S ^- o O Removable Driving Box Brass Used on the Chicago &. North Western. 600 AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 86, No. 11. with others of the proper thickness, all without dismanthngany other part of the locomotive. The fiangeless shoe and wedge are also shown in one of theillustrations, and consist simply of blocks of machinery steelof the same shape and size as the usual shoe and wedge, butwithout the flanges. Flat pieces of cold rolled, case hardenedsteel of the


. American engineer . T^ T \T^r-Bolf LackDrive Hei/ naf/^^flloch Boltless tijan li. L. 1 1_l \1. %>,her,h iech. t11 1 7>:l ■; <3»S ^- o O Removable Driving Box Brass Used on the Chicago &. North Western. 600 AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 86, No. 11. with others of the proper thickness, all without dismanthngany other part of the locomotive. The fiangeless shoe and wedge are also shown in one of theillustrations, and consist simply of blocks of machinery steelof the same shape and size as the usual shoe and wedge, butwithout the flanges. Flat pieces of cold rolled, case hardenedsteel of the proper thickness and width are riveted to the framejaws to take the place of the flanges. The shoe and wedgeblocks are made slightly narrower than the total width overthe flanges. This construction makes the labor cost of ma-chining comparatively small and also does away with the con-stant breakage of flanges. The rivet holes in the plates andthe frame are drilled to a jig and extra plates can be carriedin stock and be quickly applied. In connection with the flange-less s


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