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 222
s a block placed son the middle driving boxand under the frame. While going around curves, awedge or tie should be placed between the engine andtank on the inner side of the curve, or a chain placedfrom the disabled side of the engine frame to the tankframe on the opposite side. The purpose of the… … Forward Tire, Eight-Wheel Engine. If a forwardtire of an eight-wheel engine breaks, the forward drivershould be run on a wedge considerably thicker thanthe tire in order to allow for settling, the cellar re-moved and a block substituted, and the space betweenthe pedestal brace and the cellar…
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