. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . DKTAIL OF HINdE FOR CAR TRUCK. only in operation when a pair of wheelsis being removed and the design obviatesthe use of a bolt or pin which couldwear or cut or drop ANDREWS SCUD STEEL CAR TRUCK. ticcd that there are two dowels, one inthe top member and one in the hingestrap, corresponding to the usual posi-tion of the inside bolt through the jour-nal box. When the box is in positionand the lower hinged portion is thrownup, these two dowels hold the boxin position as ordin
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . DKTAIL OF HINdE FOR CAR TRUCK. only in operation when a pair of wheelsis being removed and the design obviatesthe use of a bolt or pin which couldwear or cut or drop ANDREWS SCUD STEEL CAR TRUCK. ticcd that there are two dowels, one inthe top member and one in the hingestrap, corresponding to the usual posi-tion of the inside bolt through the jour-nal box. When the box is in positionand the lower hinged portion is thrownup, these two dowels hold the boxin position as ordinary arch bar boltswould hold it. When it becomes neces-sary to remove a wheel the work canbe done in exactly the same manner aswith the arch bar truck, and in case asingle oil box has to be removed, it isobvious that it can be taken out withless labor as there is only one bolt toloosen. The central portion of the truckis arranged so that the bolster can be re-moved by taking out the springs anddropping it down into the wider spaceusually occupied by the springs. The weight of this truck is considera-bly less than that of the ordinary archbar type and its adoption by railroadswill no doubt tend to lessen car truckrepair bills. The strap which passes under axle A Close Call. A disp
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