. American engineer and railroad journal . your committee that the above remarks are equally truein the case of new wheels. The committee believes that the best results will be obtained bythe constant use of the proposed Standard Check Gage, at three ormore points on the periphery of the wheels after mounting, as apositive guarantee of conformity to standards. Your committee desires to urge upon all members of the Associa-tion the use of the standard maximum and minimum flange gagesas a test requirement for all new wheels purchased before fittingthem to axles. In conclusion, it would summarize
. American engineer and railroad journal . your committee that the above remarks are equally truein the case of new wheels. The committee believes that the best results will be obtained bythe constant use of the proposed Standard Check Gage, at three ormore points on the periphery of the wheels after mounting, as apositive guarantee of conformity to standards. Your committee desires to urge upon all members of the Associa-tion the use of the standard maximum and minimum flange gagesas a test requirement for all new wheels purchased before fittingthem to axles. In conclusion, it would summarize Its recommendation as fol-lows : RECOMMENDATIONS. First. That a standard reference gage for mounting wheels, covering tiie standard dimensions, shown in Fig. 1, be adopted, whichshall combine the present check gage for mounting wheels, shownin Plate 12 of 1895 Proceedings, and the standard wheel gage,shown in Plate 7 of same year, the new combined gage; to super-sede the other two. 164 AMEEICAN ENGINEER, CAE BUILDEK AND EAILEOAD Fig. 3.—Gage Recommended for Use in Mountin<r Wheels Equi-Distant from Centers of Axles. Second, Thaka standard check gage be adopted as shown inFig. 2. Third. That a gage for determining the center of the axle be-tween centers of journals be used. Fourth. That a gage for locating wheels equi-distant from thecenter of axles, as shown in Fig. 3, be adopted as recommendedpractice. Fiftli. That all axles be carefully centered between centers ofjournals prior to mounting. Sixth. That wheels with flanges worn toa thickness of IVsinchesor less should not be remounted. Seventh. That, as far as possible, the thickness of flanges ofwheels fitted on the same axle should be equal, and should nevervary more than ^ inch. Eighth. That in mounting second-hand wheels, they be mountedto the standard distance between inside of flanges. Freight-Car Doors and Attaclinients. Wagner. Moore. Safety. Eubank. Lone Star Kanaly. Old style F. H. Socle, J. J. Casey,
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