The boys' book of engine-building; . j/»- e3/6 CROSSB/JZ i * ^ To O FRONTFM/fME. BUFFER BFAM^) urn 11 riii ? ? ? ? u ? ? m—m^ Fig 6l. Top View of the Truck Frame or, as engine men call it, a truck cradle, % inchin diameter and % inch high and drill a Vs inchhole through it lengthwise. Bolt the lower cross A Model Atlantic Type Locomotive 163 bar to the truck hanger cross bar with the cradlein between them as shown in Fig. 59. Setting the Frame on the Truck Wheels.—Thestandard gauge of a railroad track in the UnitedStates is 4 feet 8% inches but for your model loco-motive a track gauge of 3
The boys' book of engine-building; . j/»- e3/6 CROSSB/JZ i * ^ To O FRONTFM/fME. BUFFER BFAM^) urn 11 riii ? ? ? ? u ? ? m—m^ Fig 6l. Top View of the Truck Frame or, as engine men call it, a truck cradle, % inchin diameter and % inch high and drill a Vs inchhole through it lengthwise. Bolt the lower cross A Model Atlantic Type Locomotive 163 bar to the truck hanger cross bar with the cradlein between them as shown in Fig. 59. Setting the Frame on the Truck Wheels.—Thestandard gauge of a railroad track in the UnitedStates is 4 feet 8% inches but for your model loco-motive a track gauge of 3%6 inches is the rightwidth. The only outstanding thing to do now asfar as the engine truck frame is concerned is toput on four truck, that is, front wheels. These wheels must be regular car wheels, thatis flanged, as shown in Fig. 61, have a face %6inch wide and a diameter of 1V2 inches. Ironcastings of car wheels of this size can be boughtfor 5 cents each and brass castings of the samesize costs 30 cents each. Drill a %-inch hole through the center of eachwheel
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