. Railway mechanical engineer . ,K^ CenterSW^ ^ HP Cover Plafe Sections Through Side, Roof, End and Floor, Showing Recess for Buffer drainage is also provided for the floor. The Miner tandemspring draft gear is used with one M. C. B. class G andone 8 in. by 8 in. Harvey friction draft spring in each cars are provided with the Westinghouse scheduleLN-1412 air brakes. Cast steel parts, instead of forgings bars. The bolster springs are triple elliptic and the equal-izer springs are coil springs of the M. C. B. standard classG. The wheels are 34J4 m- m diameter with 3%-in. steeltires. The
. Railway mechanical engineer . ,K^ CenterSW^ ^ HP Cover Plafe Sections Through Side, Roof, End and Floor, Showing Recess for Buffer drainage is also provided for the floor. The Miner tandemspring draft gear is used with one M. C. B. class G andone 8 in. by 8 in. Harvey friction draft spring in each cars are provided with the Westinghouse scheduleLN-1412 air brakes. Cast steel parts, instead of forgings bars. The bolster springs are triple elliptic and the equal-izer springs are coil springs of the M. C. B. standard classG. The wheels are 34J4 m- m diameter with 3%-in. steeltires. The brake beams are of the Davis high speed solidtrass type. May, 191u RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEEK 247 THE CAUSE OE SLID FLAT WHEELS* The relation of slid flat wheels to uniform retardation, orrather the lack of it, is not generally apparent. In the firstplace it is well to review the influence of adhesion or wheel-rail friction on the braking problem. Fig. 1 shows a locomo-tive driver with the crank pin on the top quarter and the
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