. Steam road tests with railway test car 17 for the year 1907-1908 . - 4- draw-Tbar, which is attached to the hydraulic cylinder, that consti-tutes the dynamometer, differs from the otdinary draw-har inbeing swiveled and in being guided by rollers^which serve to reducethe friction due to the side pull on curves. An observationwindow projects out eight inches on each side of the aar, to aidthe mile-post ohserver in locating mile-post, station and rail-road crossings. The special equipment, installed in the car, comprises thefollowing:auxiliary driving trucks, hydraulic cylinder, recordingappara


. Steam road tests with railway test car 17 for the year 1907-1908 . - 4- draw-Tbar, which is attached to the hydraulic cylinder, that consti-tutes the dynamometer, differs from the otdinary draw-har inbeing swiveled and in being guided by rollers^which serve to reducethe friction due to the side pull on curves. An observationwindow projects out eight inches on each side of the aar, to aidthe mile-post ohserver in locating mile-post, station and rail-road crossings. The special equipment, installed in the car, comprises thefollowing:auxiliary driving trucks, hydraulic cylinder, recordingapparatus, electric axle light outfit, work bench, lavatory andberths. The location of these various articles and the generalinterior arrangement of the car are shovm in Figures 2 and 3,the former being a plan view and the latter a diagrajmtic will be seen in Fig. 2, the interior arrangement comprisesthree sections, the sleeping compartment, locker section and theoperating compartment. In the latter are located the work bench,storage battery, regulator for ax


Size: 1358px × 1840px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectra, booksubjecttheses