. American engineer and railroad journal . g illustrations and descrip-tion of typical repairs which are being made at the Mt. Clareshops, the work is simple, very little special equipment is requiredand very little new material is used. No matter how badly asheet is damaged it can usually be straightened and repaired ata comparatively small cost. Badly bent and torn side sheets areshown in Figs. 27 and 28, waiting to be straightened at theflange shop. The method of straightening sheets of this kindon the face plate with wooden mauls is shown in Fig. 29. Afterthe sheet has been approximately s
. American engineer and railroad journal . g illustrations and descrip-tion of typical repairs which are being made at the Mt. Clareshops, the work is simple, very little special equipment is requiredand very little new material is used. No matter how badly asheet is damaged it can usually be straightened and repaired ata comparatively small cost. Badly bent and torn side sheets areshown in Figs. 27 and 28, waiting to be straightened at theflange shop. The method of straightening sheets of this kindon the face plate with wooden mauls is shown in Fig. 29. Afterthe sheet has been approximately straightened the smaller kinksare removed with iron hammers. When the sheets are torn apatch of T4 in. material, cut to approximately the shape of thetear, is placed on the outside of the car and riveted with % spaced about 4 in, apart. The side and center sills arestraightened at a large open fire in the boiler shop. A numberof damaged sills waiting to be straightened are shown in Fig. 168 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD tt o 2; £
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