Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 222
differencein the lengths of the outside and inside rails. The inside railswere worn entirely upon the top. This will explain why, oncrooked roads, the flange wear of truck wheels is so muchgreater than the tread wear, even where brakes are applied tothese wheels, for while the tread wears, the… … Fig. 62. necessary to remove a large quantity of valuable wearingmetal. These two counts mean danger and expense. TheMaster Car Tjuilders rules of interchange reject a wheel whoseflange has a flat vertical surface extending more than i inchfrom the tread for cars of 80.000 pounds capacity or less,…
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