Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules (1908)
National correspondence school of railroading, Chicago. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] · leaf 217
time. When the truckframe is raised sufficiently, an oak tie should be placedon top of the rails and under both sides of the truckframe, just ahead of or behind the pair of wheels withthe broken journal. The truck frame should then be letdown, so that it rests on top of the tie, and secured witha… … PLATE 83. BREAKDOWNS. 207 BROKEN TENDER TRUCK SPRING. If a tender truck spring is broken, it will be neces-sary to fulcrum up the tank on the side or corner onwhich the spring is broken. If it is a semi-ellipticspring extending from one truck box to the other theblocking should be done between the…
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