. Railway mechanical engineer . the year 1921, H,07V brake JK-ams ■•Ti- redaimed at an average saving of $ each, or a total ■ ing of SI>, The large numl)er of brake ■ biimed was due partly to the fact that a few cars haveiK-en let fxit to out.«ide works for rebuilding, which made itnecessary to remove a great numlx-r of beams, applying a heavier beam to the cars. These old beams were returnedto the Huntington shops where they were put in good condi-tion and used on lighter equipment. The table for assem-bling Ijrake beams is in Fig. 5 and while a home-made de
. Railway mechanical engineer . the year 1921, H,07V brake JK-ams ■•Ti- redaimed at an average saving of $ each, or a total ■ ing of SI>, The large numl)er of brake ■ biimed was due partly to the fact that a few cars haveiK-en let fxit to out.«ide works for rebuilding, which made itnecessary to remove a great numlx-r of beams, applying a heavier beam to the cars. These old beams were returnedto the Huntington shops where they were put in good condi-tion and used on lighter equipment. The table for assem-bling Ijrake beams is in Fig. 5 and while a home-made device, it is effective in reducing the labor involvedin assembling brake beams. Fig. 6 shows the furnace usedfor annealing brake beams. Car Couplers.—During the past year 3,214 couplers werereclaimed and put in good condition for further service ata saving of $ each, or a total of $17, A largenumber of couplers which have been reclaimed, but are minusthe yokes, as shown in Fi;;. 7. Experience has shown that. Fig. A—Reclaimed Car Brasses Ready for Service where the yoke intersects the couplers is tlie weakest pointof the draft gear on freight cars and to eliminate this troublewe adopted the principle of swelling the coupler yokerivets under the head to 1 5/16 in. and of sufficient lengthto have a full bearing in coupler and yoke. The hole inthe coupler and yoke is 1 5/16 in. in diameter. It will beplainly seen that with this arrangement the yoke rivets fillthe holes in the coupler and yoke and, therefore, make agood substantial job. This practice has been in effect for agood man\- years and we have never had any trouble withthe yokes se|)arating from the coupler when this jiracticeis followed.
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