. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . a car has defects for which the owners ?.renot responsible, but which do not render it unsafe to run,nor unsafe to trainmen, nor to any lading suitable to thecar, the receiving road may require that a defect card besecurely attached to the car with four tacks, preferablyon the outside face of intermediate sill, between cross-tie timbers, on wooden cars; and on steel cars to card~board located either on cross-tie under car or on insideof side sill at the end of car. Rule 6. Duplicate defect cards shall be furnished forlost or illegible car
. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . a car has defects for which the owners ?.renot responsible, but which do not render it unsafe to run,nor unsafe to trainmen, nor to any lading suitable to thecar, the receiving road may require that a defect card besecurely attached to the car with four tacks, preferablyon the outside face of intermediate sill, between cross-tie timbers, on wooden cars; and on steel cars to card~board located either on cross-tie under car or on insideof side sill at the end of car. Rule 6. Duplicate defect cards shall be furnished forlost or illegible cards. 522 STATION V/ORK AND TELEGRAPHY Defects of Wheels Which Justify Renewal. Rule 7. Shelled out: wheels with defective treads onaccount of pieces shelling out; if the spots are over 2^inches, or are so numerous as to endanger the safety ofthe wheel. (Owners responsible.) Rule 8. Seams i inch long or over at a distance ofy2 inch or less from the throat of the flange, or seams 3or more inches long on any other point of the tread.(Owners responsible.). ^ 1 I I M.| STANCJ/IRO WHEEL TREAD <lf FLANGE. Maximum Flange Thickness Gauge. Fig. 2, Rule 9. Worn through chill: when the worn spot ex-ceeds 2^2 inches in length. Care must be taken to dis-tinguish this defect from flat spots caused by slidingwheels. (Owners responsible.) Rule 10. Worn flange: cast wheels under cars of lessthan 80,000 pounds capacity, with flanges having flatvertical surfaces extending more than i inch from tread. RAILWAY YARDS HANDLING CARS 523 or flange i inch thick or less. Wheels under cars of 80,-000 pounds capacity or over, with flanges having flatvertical surfaces extending more than % inch from tread,or flange less than i 1-16 inches thick. (See Figs. 4 and4a.) (Owners responsible.) Worn flange; steel and steel-tired wheels with flangeshaving flat vertical surfaces extending more than oneinch from tread, or flange one inch thick or less. (SeeFigs. 4 and 4a.) (Owners responsible.) Rule ii. Thick fl
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