Railway and Locomotive Engineering . and that it can ac-commodate itself to any inequalities of thetrack, for the side frame castings can turnon the end axles and the journal boxequalizer castings can turn quite as freelyon the center axle. The trucks have now been in servicefor several months and are giving excel-lent service. The truck made by the-American Steel Foundries and which isused on live hundred of these cars willbe illustrated and described in a futureissue. In addition to the air brakes that are(perated by the new empty and loadbrake, a special screw type of hand brakeis provided
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . and that it can ac-commodate itself to any inequalities of thetrack, for the side frame castings can turnon the end axles and the journal boxequalizer castings can turn quite as freelyon the center axle. The trucks have now been in servicefor several months and are giving excel-lent service. The truck made by the-American Steel Foundries and which isused on live hundred of these cars willbe illustrated and described in a futureissue. In addition to the air brakes that are(perated by the new empty and loadbrake, a special screw type of hand brakeis provided for braking the cars by has been applied because the ordi-nary hand brake would not be suitablefor spotting these cars on the dumpersand in handling them about the mines\\ here it is sometimes necessary to dropthem down steep grades after loading. The couplers used are of special designhaving American Railroad Associationtype D heads and slots for connecting todraft gear with 2 in. by 6 in. forged keysand cast steel TOP VIEW—120-TON CAR reason that the side frame casting is car-ried over and beyond the center Itis carried out for 18 in. beyond that point The completed car stands 10 ft. 11)4 in-high from the rail to the top of the car illustrated and fitted with the 124 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING May, 1921 Buckeye trucks weighs 78,800 lbs., ofwhich 41,600 lbs. represents the weight ofthe body and 37,200 lbs. the weight of theBuckeye trucks. The other car fittedwith the Lewis trucks weighs 78,900 lbs.,the body weighing 43,200 lbs. and theLewis trucks 35,700 lbs. These deadweights make a ratio of revenue earningload to total dead weight hauled of cent. Revised Locomotive Boiler Code What is considered as an importantstep in engineering standardization wastaken at the Boston meeting of the Coun-cil of the American Society of MechanicalEngineers, when it adopted in its finalform that portion of the A. S. M. Code, known as
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