. The car builders' dictionary : an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction . pip -^M*- TW> CiffTER LmiEQFAW 0*4*£ c5r$ucwewiM£8 ,] LOCATION Of AIRBRAKE/WfTS CW HOPPEB BOTTOM GONOQLA CXRQ. /VOTE Oi»ENSionAfTtOM CENTER OF AIR SRAH£ CI/NDER-=- AUG TfilPlE VALVE TO OUTSIOE LJNE Or STAKES, OMOULo ec *A£>c tosvn construct/on orcar. locating theAm brake cylinder ano txiole wtw as mca# to THE OUTSIDE LINE OF STAKES AS PRACTICABLE FORSAFETY AMD CONVENIENCE *d CLEANING ANO RETAINS =P ZENTER LINE OF AIR BRAKE ,UNO
. The car builders' dictionary : an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction . pip -^M*- TW> CiffTER LmiEQFAW 0*4*£ c5r$ucwewiM£8 ,] LOCATION Of AIRBRAKE/WfTS CW HOPPEB BOTTOM GONOQLA CXRQ. /VOTE Oi»ENSionAfTtOM CENTER OF AIR SRAH£ CI/NDER-=- AUG TfilPlE VALVE TO OUTSIOE LJNE Or STAKES, OMOULo ec *A£>c tosvn construct/on orcar. locating theAm brake cylinder ano txiole wtw as mca# to THE OUTSIDE LINE OF STAKES AS PRACTICABLE FORSAFETY AMD CONVENIENCE *d CLEANING ANO RETAINS =P ZENTER LINE OF AIR BRAKE ,UNOER ANO TfllRLE HALVE Oi/TS/DE UNC OF STAKES LOCATION OP Am BRAKE WITS OH OW BOTTOU GONDOLA LOCATION Of MAIN AIR PIPE ON FREIGHT CARS. Air Brakes. General Arrangements and Details.—In 1899 a Recommended Practice for the location ofair brake parts on different classes of cars was adopted,as follows: 1. Location of air brake cylinders and triplevalves on box cars and other clear bottom cars. 2. Location of air brake cylinders and triplevalves on hopper gondola cars and drop bottom gon-dola cars. 3. Arrangement of piping for clear bottom cars, orcars of the box car type. 4. Location of main air pipe at ends of cars. 5. As to the manner of fastening air cylinderreservoirs, retaining valves, etc., to the frame workof cars, the bolts fastening the cylinders and reser-voirs should be either double nutted or cottered, soas to prevent the same from working loose. The airpipes should be fastened to the frame work of thecar with a liberal number of clamps. One elbow should be applied to the retaining valve AIR pipe, it being located at the end sill of the car wherepipe turns
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