Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 86
facedtype without any inter-locking recesses cored in the face is used, andwhen this shoe has worn down to about five-eighths of an inch in thickness, or to the point atwhich ordinary cast iron shoes are scrapped, it isremoved, and by the interlocking device on its backit is secured to the face of… … Fig. 11. Interlocking Brake Shoe. 78 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. This shoe is castin two parts, eachabout seven inchesin length, and theseshort segments atonce adjust them-selves equally wellto wheels fromthirty-three to thirty-six inches in diam-eter, and thus ob-viate the necessityof carrying a…
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