. Railway mechanical engineer . e railway company for maintenance. Thisproblem seems to have been successfully solved by the adoptionof a steel underfranie and steel side framing, equivalent instrength to a steel car, in addition to which the car body andtruck are locked together, so that the braking force is effective instopping the car body as well as the trucks in case of derail-ment or collision. By the introduction of this truck and bodybolster locking device,* and adopting all steel vestibules, thepossibility of telescoping is believed to be practically locking device is d
. Railway mechanical engineer . e railway company for maintenance. Thisproblem seems to have been successfully solved by the adoptionof a steel underfranie and steel side framing, equivalent instrength to a steel car, in addition to which the car body andtruck are locked together, so that the braking force is effective instopping the car body as well as the trucks in case of derail-ment or collision. By the introduction of this truck and bodybolster locking device,* and adopting all steel vestibules, thepossibility of telescoping is believed to be practically locking device is designed to have a three-fold function,in case of wreck or derailment: Iirst to prevent telescoping;second, to lower the center of gravity by adding the weight of •For description of this device see American Engineer, February, 1913, 104. By installing steam heal and electric light the car is renderedpractically fireproof. The railway officers concluded after care-ful investigation that the passengers wearing apparel, the. 3 9^ 3^de8eann^_ Sections of the Underframe
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