Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 334
o both springs, thus producing much easier motion. The eight-wheeled American locomotive, like the one illustrated here, is thus supported in twopoints at the back end, and, as we shall explain presently, at only one point in its front end, consti-tuting thus a three-point support which is… … running on very sharp curves, notwithstanding a long wheel-base, with steadiness and a degree ofsafety unequaled by other locomotives. There are several kinds of trucks. The ordinary four-wheeled centre-bearing truck is shown in Figs. 2862 and 2863, representing respectively its longitudi-nal and…
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