. American engineer and railroad journal . De Voy, mechanical engineer of the road, has employeda ratio of to 1 in simple freight engines, giving the same form previously used and at the same time it is of strong con-struction. The drawings selected for illustration show its constructionclearly. The wheels are of cast steel, with spokes, and withcast iron hub liners pressed into the hubs. They are 42 diameter. The boxes are carried in a casting covering theaxle between the hubs and mounted between the pedestal cast-ings. These castings are bolted to the frames, and, inci
. American engineer and railroad journal . De Voy, mechanical engineer of the road, has employeda ratio of to 1 in simple freight engines, giving the same form previously used and at the same time it is of strong con-struction. The drawings selected for illustration show its constructionclearly. The wheels are of cast steel, with spokes, and withcast iron hub liners pressed into the hubs. They are 42 diameter. The boxes are carried in a casting covering theaxle between the hubs and mounted between the pedestal cast-ings. These castings are bolted to the frames, and, incidental-ly, they furnish a deep brace for the rear ends of the roller cap rests on two 2 by hardened steel rollersat each end, and this casting is provided with vertical brack-ets or lugs, engaging guide castings, which are bolted to theinside faces of the frames. This is absolutely all there is tothe truck. It is reported to be entirely satisfactory in service. The roller cap of the truck receives the load through semi-. Sectlon A B LATEBAt UOTI09 [RAILING THICK FOB 4—6 2 lVIl LOOOMOTTV1CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY .starting power as was obtained from compounds in use on thisroad, which have the advantage of boiler steam in the low-pressure cylinders. Th<- fifth design for locomotives of this road has been start-ed by Mr. lie Voy in accordance with a plan whereby the roadding all of II • -igns are for a \j i olldatlon, a 21 by •en-wheel fi notlve, the j Pacific type, and a ten-wbidivision. The last-mentioned ompleted Mr I)<- Voy ha al inution, trailing truck for the Pacific type which is, apparently, of the simples! i ularly novel four in number. Thistruck provides a D of 6 ins . anil docs not em- ploy a radios bar or anything to give a radial motion. It Issimply a pair of *j by 11 in journal bozea placed betweentwo Ja In the form of rollers. Th» defllgnT baf of the truck, which Is probab:•. I cheaper than any elliptic springs over the
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