. American engineer and railroad journal . Fie-. 27. ends are brought together to form ball and socket bearings onthe boxes. The load is applied from the center plate to theequalizer springs by means of very strong brackets boltedto the outside faces of the side frames, the springs beingplaced between the bars of the equalizers. These bracketscarry smaller brackets for the brake hangers. The ends ofthe truck frames are braced by combined tension and com-pression stays. The center casting is of iron and the bracketsfor the springs and pedestals are of cast steel. The center pinis foimed in a st
. American engineer and railroad journal . Fie-. 27. ends are brought together to form ball and socket bearings onthe boxes. The load is applied from the center plate to theequalizer springs by means of very strong brackets boltedto the outside faces of the side frames, the springs beingplaced between the bars of the equalizers. These bracketscarry smaller brackets for the brake hangers. The ends ofthe truck frames are braced by combined tension and com-pression stays. The center casting is of iron and the bracketsfor the springs and pedestals are of cast steel. The center pinis foimed in a steel casting bolted to the top of the center cast-ing. The weight is received through liners held In a pocketin the center casting, which furnish an adjustment of theheight of the front end of the engine to compensate for the load is received at the center of the wheel baseof the truck and evenly distributed to the wheels, the pivot Fig. 28 about which it turns is 91/2 ins. back of the real explained last month, this is done to
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