. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . move the wedges, allowingthe brakes shoes to be free from thewheels, and again rotate the truckaround the center casting, and it would,of course, be found that the ease withwhich this rotation was made was thesame in both cases. Hence, it will be CONDUCTKU BY F. M. NRH, seen that where the brake pull coniesfrom within the truck itself, there is nohindrance whatever to the truck wheelsadjusting ttheniselvcs to suit the curv-ing of the engine, and the truck willfaithfully lead the engine ar
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . move the wedges, allowingthe brakes shoes to be free from thewheels, and again rotate the truckaround the center casting, and it would,of course, be found that the ease withwhich this rotation was made was thesame in both cases. Hence, it will be CONDUCTKU BY F. M. NRH, seen that where the brake pull coniesfrom within the truck itself, there is nohindrance whatever to the truck wheelsadjusting ttheniselvcs to suit the curv-ing of the engine, and the truck willfaithfully lead the engine around thecurve. The hindrance of the air brake to theleading wheels of a vehicle in curvingis disproved in the electric car, whichgoes easily around very sharp truck has the same connectionthrough its center casting to the carbody that the engine truck has throughits center casting to the engine , if the locomotive or car isrunning at a very high rate of speed,and the curve is not properly elevatedon the outside rail, the natural tendencyof the wheel is to mount the rail and. H. C. FRAZER, A PIONEER AIR BRAKE-MAN, RECENTLY jump the track; and improper elevationof outer rail may be sufficient to permitit to do so, especially if the flanges ofthe wheels are in a worn and sharpcondition. But,- with wheel flanges ingood condition, proper curve elevationand the center bearing of the truck suf-ficiently free to permit the truck toeasily turn, there should be no troublefrom this source. In looking back to the days beforetruck brakes were applied to engineswe find certain instances of where acenter casting fitting too snugly in thecenter bearing of the truck frame causedengines to climb the rail and wreckthemselves. Hence, it would seem avery logical conclusion that the objec-tions above referred to are whollj with-out fact or foundation. HocklnK Valley k. k. Instruction Car. In keeping with the spirit of progress,the Hocking Valley Railroad has re-ce
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