. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . \SSEMBLY OF DETAILS FOR LOAD TRANSFERENCE, NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. TRUCK August, 1922 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 205 3,000 lbs. of load on the springs and shortend of the bottom equahzer. The dis-tance of the pivotal point on the frame by the longitudinal pieces C C on whichthe side bearings E E are cast. Thesetwo pieces are, in turn, united by a cross. SIDE ELEVATION .\ND PL,\N OF NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. SIX-WHEELED TRUCK from the inner and outer axles is22 15/16 in. and 31 1/16 in., res
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . \SSEMBLY OF DETAILS FOR LOAD TRANSFERENCE, NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. TRUCK August, 1922 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 205 3,000 lbs. of load on the springs and shortend of the bottom equahzer. The dis-tance of the pivotal point on the frame by the longitudinal pieces C C on whichthe side bearings E E are cast. Thesetwo pieces are, in turn, united by a cross. SIDE ELEVATION .\ND PL,\N OF NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. SIX-WHEELED TRUCK from the inner and outer axles is22 15/16 in. and 31 1/16 in., respectively,or on a ratio of about .425 to .575 of thedistance between the axles. According to this ratio about 2,726 rest upon the center axle and 2,015lbs. on the outer axle. But the upwardthrust on the inner end of the bottomequalizer is 1,741 lbs., which must besubtracted from the load that wouldnormally be put on the center axle, leav-ing 985 lbs. which, with the 985 from the other half of the truckputs a total load of 1,970 lbs. on the cen-ter axle, and 2,015 lbs. on each of theouter axles, for each 6,000 lbs. ( on a side) total load on the these working parts of the truckare of steel castings and the specificationsrequire that the bearing parts shall becast smooth so that no finishing will berequired. With the exception of this peculiaritythe truck is similar to other six-wheeledtrucks. In addition to t
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