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Identifier: canadiantransport1921 (find matches)
Title: Canadian transportation & distribution management
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Freight and freightage Shipment of goods Transportation
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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rrives at terminal, infreezing weather, with pans partly filled. The front end is fitted up with theC.N.R. standard draft appliances, theexhaust pipe is secured to saddle with 1in. studs, and all joints surfaced to asurface plate. The exhaust tip is 5 7/16in. diam. The frames, made of thoroughly an-nealed Vanadium cast steel, selected asaffording the maximum in strength andresistance to the effects of vibi-ation,have single forward sections. Drivingbox shoes are of bronze, and the pedes-tal binders, of extra heavy section, areof mild steel. The frames are 5 in. wide,the minimum depth of top rail betweenpedestals is 5V2 in., minimum depth ofbottom rail between pedestals 4 in., anddepth of section at top of pedestals 6 Msin. The driving springs are of carbon steel,the equalizers of mild steel; the hang-ers, of 2-piece type, are of mild steelalso, and all pins and bushings are case-hardened. Tho engine truck is crossequalized, and forms one system ofequalization, while the three pairs of
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May, 1921. CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE WORLD 235 drivers are equalized with the trailingtruck. The equalization places 46,900lb. on the leading truck, 164,600 lb. ondrivers, and 48,500 lb. on the trailingtruck. Wheels, Boxes, Rods, etc.—The driv-ing wheel centers, 62 in. diam., are ofcast steel; the driving boxes are of caststeel with bronze bearings, the maindriving boxes being of the Cole longtype. Franklin adjustable driving boxwedges are used with all driving boxes.Brass hub liners are used, and Franklinhard grease cellars are applied through-out. All rods are of hammered openhearth steel. The main rod big ends fol-low closely the specifications for the U.S. Railroad Administration standard Pa-cific type locomotives. The crossheadsare of the C.N.R. standard alligator type,with removable side plates, and havingthe top and bottom brass gibs in twopieces, a dividing strip between at cen-ter, and a lip at each end. The cross-head keys are of chrome Vanadium steel,and have a taper of

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