. Railway master mechanic . on a num- I Sberof our niaiis. The weight is somewhat less than the 3diamond triuk r i m ■, u ., and itis furnished atcost. Theri.~- * I- 1,1 i;ibor in a diamo (exclusive ui n i ■ i .1 the pressed supplied at .> 1,1 h,. total cost of on. steel truck .mimii:. i >; .,, \\„. strength of these , isgi-eater than the- luavitst diamond truck now made. A shop near Chicago is now engaged in building steelfreight cars, and they will soon have 25 or 30 iKox.—We have nothing new tcmalleable castings in car work, except to ca!the fact that, as the majori
. Railway master mechanic . on a num- I Sberof our niaiis. The weight is somewhat less than the 3diamond triuk r i m ■, u ., and itis furnished atcost. Theri.~- * I- 1,1 i;ibor in a diamo (exclusive ui n i ■ i .1 the pressed supplied at .> 1,1 h,. total cost of on. steel truck .mimii:. i >; .,, \\„. strength of these , isgi-eater than the- luavitst diamond truck now made. A shop near Chicago is now engaged in building steelfreight cars, and they will soon have 25 or 30 iKox.—We have nothing new tcmalleable castings in car work, except to ca!the fact that, as the majority of the M. C. B. standard coup-lei-s are now made of this material, we should have moreinformation as to its .strength, and its behavior under thesevere blows to which couplers are subjected. The shapeof the arms, and the lugs (or ears) of this Ioupler, make ita very weak form for a buffer, it should therefore be madeof a material having the gi-eatest resistance to shocks. Inpreparing our report ot List year, we w.
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