Identifier: locomotiveengine10hill (find matches)
Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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The di-mensions and disposition of the longi-tudinal sills have evidently been chosenwith the view of having a body bolsterthat would be equal to the duty imposedon it. A depth of 12 inches at the outsideand center sills, and 9 inches at the inter-mediate sills, together with the distanceof 45 inches outside of the latter sills,allows of a double plate bolster of anexceptional strength and rigidity, by-passing the intermediate sills through be-tween plates without reduction of thewood, thus giving a depth of bolster ofinches for a distance of 22l/2 incheseach side of the center line. Both mem-bers of the bolster pass over and underthe sills, respectively, and have malleable-iron fillers between the plates. Malleable iron enters largely into thedetails of the car, as is the practice ofthis road for all freight equipment. Foxtrucks are used in these cars. A brakestaff is at each end. notwithstanding thecar is fitted with air. Designed, as it i-.for a special traffic, there will be found
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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, !»17 little wanting to make the car abreast olthe best there is in car construction.The engraving shows no back-numb Ischemes furbished up for duty—all pointsare thoroughly in line with advanced carpractice, and reflect credit on all con-cerned in its production. § @ & The Car Window as a Means ofEscape. The exact status of the coach windowhas not, to our knowledge, been clearlydefined. If it were ranked among thenecessities for light, as was no doubt theintent when first placed in a car, and usedfor that purpose only, its function wouldbe plain. If used simpiy as a ventilatoito satisfy the whims of the crank thatmust have air, then we know where toclass it. If, in addition to these uses, itis made the means of exit in case of de-railment, the matter begins to assume adifferent aspect, and we see the windowas a life-saving device. There are, however, objections to theuse of a window for the escape of surviv-ing passengers in case of wreck, amongwhich ma

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