. American engineer and railroad journal . eel trucks. New York Central Standard the New York Central a standardtender frame and tender has been adoptedfor use in new construction and in replace-ments, except for switching service in case a sloping tank is needed, one size and style of tender and framebeing used for all engines. The construction is shown in Figs. 7and 8. The side and center sills are 10-inch, 26-pound channels,secured at their ends by heavy bent brackets to plates ex-tending across the frames and to these the wooden end sillsare bolted. The top faces of the longitud
. American engineer and railroad journal . eel trucks. New York Central Standard the New York Central a standardtender frame and tender has been adoptedfor use in new construction and in replace-ments, except for switching service in case a sloping tank is needed, one size and style of tender and framebeing used for all engines. The construction is shown in Figs. 7and 8. The side and center sills are 10-inch, 26-pound channels,secured at their ends by heavy bent brackets to plates ex-tending across the frames and to these the wooden end sillsare bolted. The top faces of the longitudinal sills are tiedtogether by %-inch plates 32 inches wide over the bolstersand by a third plate 5/16-lnch thick and 54 inches wide at thecenter of the frame. The form and substantial character ofthe draft castings may be seen in Fig. 8. This is a very simpleand strong frame. The total length over the timbers is 21 tank is 19 feet 10 inches long inside and holds 5,000gallons. They are all equipped with water scoops and it is the. ir£ r 1 0 JP[ ^ V |: ^, 1 it^ ^ i^-.:: -r Fig. heel Tender, C. P, & Q. R. R. intention to use the track tanks for freight as well as passen-ger service. This tank is braced with 4 by 4 by % inch teesas indicated in Fig. 7. The manhole in this case is IS incheswide and 48 inches long, the larger dimension being parallelwith the track. A half end view and section through the teesat the joints are shown in Fig. 7. The sides are stayed withtees which are crimped over the top and bottom angles andthere are no cross ties, entire dependence being placed onthe vertical tees. The top is also stiffened by tees. When small tenders are needed for old engines new standard5,000-gallon tenders are built and put behind the best enginesthat are several years old, the smaller tenders being releasedfor use with the smaller engines. In this way all the expendi- 184 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL.
Size: 1725px × 1449px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectrailroadengineering
