. Railway mechanical engineer . The Freight Car Shof at Elicahethfort Car Repairs at Elizabethport Shops Interesting Features of the Work Done at thePrincipal Plant on the Central Railroad of New Jersey THE Elizabethport shops of the Central Railroad of NewJersey are the largest car shops of that road, havinga capacity of about 4,000 cars a month. The greatvariety of work done at this plant involves some interestingand novel practices. The account which follows is intendednot as a ;ive description of the shop practices,. Bracing Applied to Corners of Box Cars but rather as a few not
. Railway mechanical engineer . The Freight Car Shof at Elicahethfort Car Repairs at Elizabethport Shops Interesting Features of the Work Done at thePrincipal Plant on the Central Railroad of New Jersey THE Elizabethport shops of the Central Railroad of NewJersey are the largest car shops of that road, havinga capacity of about 4,000 cars a month. The greatvariety of work done at this plant involves some interestingand novel practices. The account which follows is intendednot as a ;ive description of the shop practices,. Bracing Applied to Corners of Box Cars but rather as a few notes on methods used for facilitatingthe work, for eliminating maintenance troultles and for se-curing improved service from the equipment. Reinforcing Wooden Cars In cars with wooden superstructure it has been found thatthe weaving of the body loosens the sheathing and liningand causes the car to leak. This action is particularly no-ticeable near the ends, and to overcome it the corners of carspassing through the .shops are being strcngtliened by the ap-plication of diagonal braces. These braces, as shown in theillustration, are made of 4-in. by 1-in. channels, or of -)^-in. bars, with an angle of j4-in- plate riveted to each end. One brace is used in each of the four corners, beingbolted to the side plate and the end plate. On some of the wooden box cars of 60,000 lb. capacitysteel center sills are being applied in connection with tran-som draft gear and friction springs. The center sill rein-forcing consists of 9-i
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