File:American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14760985445).jpg

Identifier: americanengineer83newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors:
Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
d sills of the Gl hopper cars are damagedwhen the center sills are buckled. If badly damaged they arestraightened on the straightening press in the yard or sent to theblacksmith shop. In the latter case an end sill is taken fromstock, so as not to delay repairs to the car. End Sill Stiffening Plates. On the Gl hopper cars thecoupler carrier iron is supported by two plates riveted to theend sill, each side of the coupler, as shown in Fig. 32. Wherethe end sill is damaged at the center these plates are often re-moved and replaced by a large single plate, as shown in Fig. 33.This reinforces and strengthens the sill. a See race 4 of the Tanuarv, 190S, issue for a portable rivet heaterused on the P. & L. E. R. R. u The method of splicing center sills of steel hopper cars on the B. & O.is shown on page 171 of the May, 1907. issue. The application of end sill reinforcing plates to B. & O. cars is shownon page 168 of the May, 1907, issue. 98 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL.
Text Appearing After Image:
March, 1909. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 99 Side Stakes. These are sometimes damaged or torn off whena car receives side swipes or is otherwise badly damaged. Comer Posts. These are sometimes badly damaged on thehopper cars and a small supply of new ones is carried in stock. Bolster Stiffeners. The Gl cars were equipped with truckshaving pressed steel bolsters. The center plate was pressed in thetop cover plate. This plate was not properly reinforced under-neath the center and after the cars had been in service forseveral years the center plate was forced downward, thus bring-ing the side bearings down and throwing the greater part of theweight of the body on them. This tears or distorts the lowerflanges of the body bolster members to which the side bearingsare riveted. When a car comes to the repair track in this con-dition the top member of the truck bolster is cut off and isreplaced by a new plate and a cast steel center plate. Thedistorted flanges of the body bolster,

Note About Images