. American engineer and railroad journal . Steel Frame Passenger Truck with Leaf Springs Over the Journals. far the designs of four-wheel trucks for this purpose (Ameri-can Engineer, October, 1900, page 306, and January, 1901, page12) have employed the usual form of equalizers, and if thefear that the good riding qualities of the six-wheel trucks areto be sacrificed is well founded, this French design with longsprings over the journal boxes will be suggestive. It servesto raise the question whether the equalizer is necessary withpresent conditions of trucks, and it appears to be worth whileto
. American engineer and railroad journal . Steel Frame Passenger Truck with Leaf Springs Over the Journals. far the designs of four-wheel trucks for this purpose (Ameri-can Engineer, October, 1900, page 306, and January, 1901, page12) have employed the usual form of equalizers, and if thefear that the good riding qualities of the six-wheel trucks areto be sacrificed is well founded, this French design with longsprings over the journal boxes will be suggestive. It servesto raise the question whether the equalizer is necessary withpresent conditions of trucks, and it appears to be worth whileto consider an adaptation of this form of spring suspension toAmerican conditions for a trial at least. If the springs overthe boxes are made long enough the riding qualities should besatisfactory. The Swiss truck, a sketch of which was shownon page 290 of our September number last year, is in use undertars weighing 75,000 lbs. We do not know the weight of the ings. The links are inclined, approaching each other at thetop ends, which may be
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