f derail- 243 THE CARMANS HELPER ment and materially reduce flange wear, adding great-ly to the life of the wheel. They also necessarily re-duce train resistance by the elimination of friction.The importance with which the anti-friction sidebearing is now regarded is evidenced by the fact… … Fig. 2—Woods X L Side Bearing-. Designed for Attachment to Truck Bolster. ders, and it has also been recently adopted as standardfor all equipment by the United States Railroad Ad-ministration. An anti-friction side bearing to function properlyshould be simple and strong, composed of few partsand…
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