. American engineer and railroad journal . TOT td D Present Arrangement irp !;. 3 Spring Hangers :; | Proposed Arrangement foremen are constantly making improvements or alterations tobetter design, and yet new engines are continually being builtwith the same faulty construction. One such instance has lately come to my notice and I am en-closing a blue print showing a proposed change in locomotivespring rigging which will illustrate my point. The change assuggested will do away with boring and bushing the pin hole inthe equalizer and bracket, which on account of small bearin
. American engineer and railroad journal . TOT td D Present Arrangement irp !;. 3 Spring Hangers :; | Proposed Arrangement foremen are constantly making improvements or alterations tobetter design, and yet new engines are continually being builtwith the same faulty construction. One such instance has lately come to my notice and I am en-closing a blue print showing a proposed change in locomotivespring rigging which will illustrate my point. The change assuggested will do away with boring and bushing the pin hole inthe equalizer and bracket, which on account of small bearing sur-face in the bracket soon wears large in the present design, per-mitting the equalizer to ride on bracket nuts and bolt heads, re-sulting in loose bolts and poor equalization of weight on thesprings as well as a large expense in refitting at frequent inter-vals. G. D. Siemantel. May, too? AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 181 THE CENTRAL REPAIR AND MANUFACTURING SHOP Its Advantages and Disadvantages. By C. J. Morrison.* (Editors Note.—This article is based on rece
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