Railway and Locomotive Engineering . 162 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Juiie, 1921. DRAFT 100-TON CAR NORFOLK & WESTERN RV. corners, as indicated by the heights of thesprings. The maximum warp given, inthis way, to the body of an empty car was3 in. and 2^4 in. to a loaded car. Thechange in load, by this process, amountedto a little more than 10 per cent of thestatic load at that point. This showed,conclusively, that an open car of this de-scription could be safely carried by fourpoints of support. The truck was ac-cordingly designed to work in this manner. The method of support
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . 162 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Juiie, 1921. DRAFT 100-TON CAR NORFOLK & WESTERN RV. corners, as indicated by the heights of thesprings. The maximum warp given, inthis way, to the body of an empty car was3 in. and 2^4 in. to a loaded car. Thechange in load, by this process, amountedto a little more than 10 per cent of thestatic load at that point. This showed,conclusively, that an open car of this de-scription could be safely carried by fourpoints of support. The truck was ac-cordingly designed to work in this manner. The method of support is shown by theengraving of the section and details of thebody bolster. Reference to the car draw-ing shows the bolster to be an invertedU-shaped structure, the central portionofwhich is reinforced by 4 in. by 3 in. by5/16 in. tee weighing 4 lbs. to the the vertical leg of the tee there isriveted a triangular gusset sheet J4 in-thick, by which the loal is transferredfrom the sides to tlie This gusset extends out over the side bearing whichforms one of the four s
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