. American engineer and railroad journal . an consistentlybe made when it is shown that the original angle of the flange toresist derailment is in no wise changed. Recommendations presented to the Committee on Standardsand Recommended Practice and referred to the Standing Com-mittee on Car Wheels, contained several suggestions, all of whichhave been acted upon by this committee, with the exception ofthe following, which refers to Reference Gauge for MountingInspecting Wheels, and Check Gauge, page 636, M C BSheet 12, and is reported by the Pennsylvania Railroad Companywith the suggestion 1 hat
. American engineer and railroad journal . an consistentlybe made when it is shown that the original angle of the flange toresist derailment is in no wise changed. Recommendations presented to the Committee on Standardsand Recommended Practice and referred to the Standing Com-mittee on Car Wheels, contained several suggestions, all of whichhave been acted upon by this committee, with the exception ofthe following, which refers to Reference Gauge for MountingInspecting Wheels, and Check Gauge, page 636, M C BSheet 12, and is reported by the Pennsylvania Railroad Companywith the suggestion 1 hat the so-called reference gauge for mount-ing and inspecting wheels be dropped from standard practice anda gauge similar to print attached (not reproduced), be introducedfor mounting of wheels; also a check gauge similar to print (notreproduced 1 attached, be introduced, which latter gauge is at thesame time to be used by inspectors in yards and terminals. In theopinion of the committee, the gauge shown is a modified and ♦-Not Ltaa TiUn^. STEEL WHEEL. IG. 0. on one axle, and the design of the gauge is such that all axles,whether new or second-hand, must be provided, with a center-punch-mark in the middle of the axle, or equi-distant from thecenter of each journal. It is largely customary in raiiroad andcontract shops to mount the first wheel on the axle gauging fromthe outside face of the collar, and then mount the mate wheelwith the mounting gauge to the gauging points. At the solicita-tion of this committee, the M. C. B. Association several yearssince cancelled the use of a gauge designed for a similar purposeto that now proposed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the com-mittee therefore does not feel warranted in recommending agauge of the type proposed at this writing, preferring to leavethe latter to the action of the convention. August, L909. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL The first, second and third recommendations, in reference tocast-iron wheels, arc to govern
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