. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ble to build up very high piles, thus giving a largestorage capacity with minimum use of floor space. The beam beds also afford an excellent foundation forthe piling of axles, side frames, truck bolsters and othermaterial entering into truck construction. When axlesare being stacked hardwood stringers are inserted betweeneach layer, with bent steel flats placed at the end of thepiles thus allowing each layer of axles to be of the samelength. This method prevents the slipping or rolling ofthe
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ble to build up very high piles, thus giving a largestorage capacity with minimum use of floor space. The beam beds also afford an excellent foundation forthe piling of axles, side frames, truck bolsters and othermaterial entering into truck construction. When axlesare being stacked hardwood stringers are inserted betweeneach layer, with bent steel flats placed at the end of thepiles thus allowing each layer of axles to be of the samelength. This method prevents the slipping or rolling ofthe axles and allows them to be piled high with absolutesafety even though the ends of the piles are vertical, ascan be seen in the accompanying illustrations. Woodstringers are also used in the piling of side frames, bol-sters, etc., as a regular practice in order to make the pilessafe. As an additional precaution a slight camber is givento the piles by the proper placing of the stringers. As a result, one will find an unusually orderly appear-ing storage layout not at the expense of, but in conjunc-. Method of Piling Axles in the Cambria Shops of the Bethlehem Steel Co. tion with the very decided advantages of increased at the head end of the lathes by the same the axles are inspected, gauged and rolled to the endof the bed where the wheels are loose-mounted on theaxles by means of monorail and suitable hoist. Theassembled wheels and axles are then rolled from thisposition on steel floor plates of suitable width to a 600- June, 1927 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 167 ton mounting press. After the final mounting they arerolled to the
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