. Official proceedings . M. c. kulcs of Interchansfe. 179 SUGGESTED WORN COUPLER LIMIT ANDWHEEL DETECT GAUGE. CM. ^fH-t -1*1 J-f^ NOTE - GAUGE TO BE MADE OF ^STEEL CASE HARDENED. X TO BE DETERMINED providing no seams exist in the throat, antl if seams do existin throat, the thickness of the flange is not the prime factor,as flanges are broken from wheels before they have reachedthe condemning hmit for thickness, and it is. therefore, sug-gested that the opening in the new gauge shoukl be made tocondenui the same thin flange wheel that the present gaugein the Interchange Rules con:lemus. This w
. Official proceedings . M. c. kulcs of Interchansfe. 179 SUGGESTED WORN COUPLER LIMIT ANDWHEEL DETECT GAUGE. CM. ^fH-t -1*1 J-f^ NOTE - GAUGE TO BE MADE OF ^STEEL CASE HARDENED. X TO BE DETERMINED providing no seams exist in the throat, antl if seams do existin throat, the thickness of the flange is not the prime factor,as flanges are broken from wheels before they have reachedthe condemning hmit for thickness, and it is. therefore, sug-gested that the opening in the new gauge shoukl be made tocondenui the same thin flange wheel that the present gaugein the Interchange Rules con:lemus. This would be approxi-niatelv an opening of i on the wheel gauge suggested fora wheel which would l)e condemned with a flange i 1-16with the present gauge and i 5-16 for the wheel which i8o Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsburgh. would be condemned Avitli the present gauge in the Rules ofInterchange measuring i. The decrease in this dimensionis due to measuring the flange at a point higher up from thetread. It is, therefore, recommended that the proposed gaugebe presented to the Arbitration Committee with the sugg
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