. American engineer and railroad journal . Fig. 3, Fig 4. Fig. oint Trucl< , B. & O- R. R. 3 the links are perpendicular, in Fig. 4 the upper ends arefurther apart than the lower ends, while the reverse arrange-ment is shown in Fig. 5. The three point hanger is shown inFig. 6, this being similar in principle to the C, B. & Q. hangersof Fig. 1. The action of the various hangers appears in to 10. in which the center lines of the links only are repre-sented and the outside of the curve is supposed to be at theright side of the engraving. When an engine with swingingli

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. American engineer and railroad journal . Fig. 3, Fig 4. Fig. oint Trucl< , B. & O- R. R. 3 the links are perpendicular, in Fig. 4 the upper ends arefurther apart than the lower ends, while the reverse arrange-ment is shown in Fig. 5. The three point hanger is shown inFig. 6, this being similar in principle to the C, B. & Q. hangersof Fig. 1. The action of the various hangers appears in to 10. in which the center lines of the links only are repre-sented and the outside of the curve is supposed to be at theright side of the engraving. When an engine with swinginglinks strikes a curve the bolster B B tends to move toward theoutside rail, and this swings the lower ends of the links towardthe right. Without going into the details these diagrams

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