Author : American Railway Association
Release : 2013-09
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The Daily Railway Age Volume ¿. 13 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Daily Railway Age Volume ¿. 13 write by American Railway Association. This book was released on 2013-09. The Daily Railway Age Volume ¿. 13 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...Appliances, to propose com plete standards. Including piping, with a view of reducing joints to a minimum, etc., respectfully submits the following report and recommendations: From the circulars of Inquiry sent out by your committee replies were received from many representatives. The nature of these replies was such as to leave no doubt in the minds of your committee that it was the desire of a very large percentage of the members of this association to have recommended for adoption a standard that would meet the requirements, and at the same time could be adopted without materially affecting local conditions. Replies received would indicate that the prevailing amnion among a large majority of the members was that the location of cylinder and triple valves should be so arranged as to make them easy of access for the repair men; however, from the plans submitted and the design generally adopted throughout tb" country, it would indicate that their desire was not to make this question the paramount consideration, thereby sacrificing the efficiency of the brake, but to take both into consideration. Your committee has, therefore, endeavored to locate a line of consistency between the two extreme ideas, one side appearing to favor the idea that the cylinders should be located entirely with a view of making it more convenient and less hazardous for the repair men; while the others think the location of the cylinders should be determined entirely by the design of truck and body leverage used, so as to get as straight a pull on the rods as possible, regardless of the repairs necessary to be made from time to time. We would therefore respectfully recommend: First--The adoption for clear bottom cars, the design as shown in Fig. 1, for the...