. American engineer . class A-7, on 100 cars, the idea being to test out these differenttypes of draft gear in this particular service. The trucks are ofthe cast steel side frame type made by the American Steel Foun-dries and the truck bolsters are also made of cast steel. Thetruck frames are provided with removable wearing plates at theopening for the bolster. The wheels are 33 in. in diameter and -nk- *w^ ^ i ,1 V-^-3- V-2% -.(/^K-*- e-s -4l Coupler Carrier. X-^ 1 i \ 1 I-^r JO { ^ 1 ■ r-^ i ^ 5/1—-b ./. ^^.f 9,zV. striking Piate for Ice Car witli Special Design of Coupler. weigh 675 lbs. Th
. American engineer . class A-7, on 100 cars, the idea being to test out these differenttypes of draft gear in this particular service. The trucks are ofthe cast steel side frame type made by the American Steel Foun-dries and the truck bolsters are also made of cast steel. Thetruck frames are provided with removable wearing plates at theopening for the bolster. The wheels are 33 in. in diameter and -nk- *w^ ^ i ,1 V-^-3- V-2% -.(/^K-*- e-s -4l Coupler Carrier. X-^ 1 i \ 1 I-^r JO { ^ 1 ■ r-^ i ^ 5/1—-b ./. ^^.f 9,zV. striking Piate for Ice Car witli Special Design of Coupler. weigh 675 lbs. The underframe and the trucks are designed for88,000 lbs. capacity each, in addition to the light weight of thecar body. This provides a leeway of 8,000 lbs. on the ratedcapacity of the car. EFFICIENCY OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES Partial Plan and Sections of Steel Underframe for Ice Car. W. \\. Finley, president of the Southern Railway, presented apaper on The Interest of Railway Employees in GreaterEfficiency of Operation before the Richmond Railroad Club,April 4. 1912, in which he brought home the part which eachindividual employee plays in the development and earnings of arailway. He used the term efficiency of operation in its broadsense, including all branches of railway work and not restrictingit to what is commonly known as the operating department. Thefollowing is taken from the paper: The formulation of plans for obtaining greater efficiency ofoperation is the duty of those of us who are charged with railwaym
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