. Science of railways . Brake Shoe. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 179 This shoe is castin two parts, eachabout seven inchesin length, and theseshort segments atonce adjust them-selves equally wellto wheels fromthirty-three to thirty-six inches in diam-eter, and thus ob-viate the necessityof carrying a stockof shoes for thesedifferent sizes ofwheels. The re-maining u n w 0 r npart of the old shoe,when again attachedto the face of a newshoe, always pre-pj^ j2. sents a surface ex- The Interlocking, Divided, Brake Shoe. actly COUf Ormlug with -the radius of the wheel against which it
. Science of railways . Brake Shoe. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 179 This shoe is castin two parts, eachabout seven inchesin length, and theseshort segments atonce adjust them-selves equally wellto wheels fromthirty-three to thirty-six inches in diam-eter, and thus ob-viate the necessityof carrying a stockof shoes for thesedifferent sizes ofwheels. The re-maining u n w 0 r npart of the old shoe,when again attachedto the face of a newshoe, always pre-pj^ j2. sents a surface ex- The Interlocking, Divided, Brake Shoe. actly COUf Ormlug with -the radius of the wheel against which it hadbeen previously THE CORNING BRAKE SHOE. As the result of an extended study of the require-ments of a brake shoe suitable for both steel-tiredand chilled wheels, the Corning Brake Shoe Companypresents another type of brake shoe. The materialsused in its construction, soft cast iron and chilled iron. 180 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. were selected as being the only common metals whichdo not injure steel tires. No steel or wrought iron isused in Corning brake shoes. Reference to the accompanying engravings willshow the Corning brake shoe for locomotive drivingwheels and the plain shoes for cars and tenderwheels. These are all similar in having the mainbody of the shoe of tough, hard iron cast about a
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