Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 733
buffer beam; pry the truck frame up from the boxes andchock. 0. What makes a good chock i)i this case? A. A piece of car-spring rubber between two woodenboards. 0. Name a cause of broken spring hangers? 718 LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. A. The hanger being rusted to the upper pin, so that it can-not… … Fig. 414. Broken Spring Hanger. latter should be replaced in its stead; the end of the springbeing held by the new hanger. Q. How can this operation be performed? A. By packing the engine up at the back under the footboard to take off the weight until the new hanger is in-serted. Q. Suppose that…
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