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Railway master mechanic (1878)

New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 410

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e castings at the corners of the truck frame.The ends of these two horizontal levers meet in the■ of the truck where a single bolt secures them to shown: the horizontal levers are thus free to movebetween the two braces. The fulcrum casting alludedto is also extended a short distance inside of… … any way, no matter what may be the angle of thelevers. Numerous claims are made for this form of brakegear, some of w^hich we fear are without suitablefoundation. One of the advantages claimed, however,in which there is much truth, is that the position of

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