. The Street railway journal . 1 1 i x Section C~D PROPOSED STANDARD BRAKE HEAD, FLANGED SHOE ANDWHEELS, WITH 3-INCH TREAD AND OVER connection Mr. Angerer exhibited the accompanying com-posite drawing of the rails of Chicago, Boston, Philadel-phia, Buffalo and New York, showing the position on themof a %-in. flange and a 3J^-in. wheel tread. He said thatwhile the wheel overhangs even the wide head to someslight extent, it is not any worse than the 2^4-in: tread-3. Section CD PROPOSED STANDARD BREAK HEAD, UNFLANGED SHOE AND KEYFOR WHEELS, WITH 3-INCH TREAD AND OVER which is used in Brooklyn now
. The Street railway journal . 1 1 i x Section C~D PROPOSED STANDARD BRAKE HEAD, FLANGED SHOE ANDWHEELS, WITH 3-INCH TREAD AND OVER connection Mr. Angerer exhibited the accompanying com-posite drawing of the rails of Chicago, Boston, Philadel-phia, Buffalo and New York, showing the position on themof a %-in. flange and a 3J^-in. wheel tread. He said thatwhile the wheel overhangs even the wide head to someslight extent, it is not any worse than the 2^4-in: tread-3. Section CD PROPOSED STANDARD BREAK HEAD, UNFLANGED SHOE AND KEYFOR WHEELS, WITH 3-INCH TREAD AND OVER which is used in Brooklyn now. He thought no doubt somechipping of treads would take place, but so far as he hadbeen able to learn it has not been very serious, and whilethe first wide wheels put on had been interfered with by DRAWING SUBMITTED BY MR. ANGERER. SHOWING POSITIONOF 31; IN. TREAD WHEEL ON DIFFERENT CITY RAILS so far as he had been able to learn from people who haveused wider rails than the head of the rail was calculated tobear, they have not experienced any seriousdifficulty over it. It diminished very muchafter a short time. Another reason whichmight be given for a wider wheel is that theweight of the cars calls for a strongerwheel, both laterally and in bearing load. A3-in. tread would require a flange bearing. Mr. Rhodes said that the taper of thewheel was an important point. The ma-jority of wheels in street car service have a1-32 taper. The B. & O. have a taper
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