. Railway track and track work . e cars have track connections which follow everyirregularity in line, surface and gage, low joints, superelevation of curves,deflection of rails, etc., recording these in diagrams on a roll of paper, andsometimes marking bad spots with a jet of paint on the rail. The car of theIllinois Central Ry. resembles a large freight caboose. Between the trucksis a frame carrying two independent 20-in. wheels which are held in con-tact with the rails by springs, so as to follow the surface exactly. Their TRACK INSPECTION. 381 axles are connected with a cylinder by which a
. Railway track and track work . e cars have track connections which follow everyirregularity in line, surface and gage, low joints, superelevation of curves,deflection of rails, etc., recording these in diagrams on a roll of paper, andsometimes marking bad spots with a jet of paint on the rail. The car of theIllinois Central Ry. resembles a large freight caboose. Between the trucksis a frame carrying two independent 20-in. wheels which are held in con-tact with the rails by springs, so as to follow the surface exactly. Their TRACK INSPECTION. 381 axles are connected with a cylinder by which all lateral movements of thewheels due to variations in gage are recorded. Similar cylinders receivethe vertical undulations of each wheel, which are transmitted by oil pipesto recording cylinders in the car, whose piston rods carry the marking service, the body is blocked on the trucks, so as to have no motion rela-tive to the wheels, the transverse frame is lowered to bring the 20-in. wheels Surface of Rails and
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