. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . METHOD OF COUNTERBALANCING. has been invented and patented, ,750, by Mr. C. T. Westlake, , Mo., consisting in forming the RAILROAD TANK CAK nf the tank below the level ol the wheeled trucks are furnished witha stress distributing plate under eachend of the tank, with rivets passingthrough the plates and tank shell interior stiffening truss comprisinghorizontal struts extends lengthwise ofthe bottom of the tank and bridges thedepressed portion. There is also in-c
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . METHOD OF COUNTERBALANCING. has been invented and patented, ,750, by Mr. C. T. Westlake, , Mo., consisting in forming the RAILROAD TANK CAK nf the tank below the level ol the wheeled trucks are furnished witha stress distributing plate under eachend of the tank, with rivets passingthrough the plates and tank shell interior stiffening truss comprisinghorizontal struts extends lengthwise ofthe bottom of the tank and bridges thedepressed portion. There is also in-clined struts extending from the endsof the horizontal struts to the middletop of the tank which is surmountedby a railing. RAIUWAY CAR TRUCK. A large number of improvements havebeen made by Mr. E. I. Dodds. of Pull-man, III., in the mechanism of railwaycar trucks, and assigned to the PullmanCompany, Chicago, III. The car bolstersconsist largely of standard rolled beams,a standard rolled bar secured to eachof the beams and a bottom plate fastenedto the side members, giving the sideframes oi bolster
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