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Railway Rolling Stock
Chapter 1 Types of Rolling Stock - tr065540031
Figure 1.2. Typical Boxcar. - tr065540032
Gondola - tr065540033
Figure 1.3. Tank Car Designed for Foreign Service. - tr065540034
Passenger Car
Summary - tr065540036
Chapter 2 Wheels and Axles
Types of Wheels - tr065540038
Wrought-Steel Wheel - tr065540039
Figure 2.1. Markings on Cast-Steel Wheel. - tr065540040
Figure 2.2. Markings on Wrought-Steel Wheels. - tr065540041
Gages - tr065540042
Figure 2.3. Gages Used on Cast-Steel Wheels. - tr065540043
Figure 2.4. Steel-Wheel Gage. - tr065540044
Figure 2.5. Measuring Slid-Flat Spot. - tr065540045
Defect and Wear Limit Cast Steel Wheels - tr065540046
Figure 2.7. Measuring Worn Flanges. - tr065540047
Figure 2.9. Tread-Worn-Hollow Defect. - tr065540048
Figure 2.11. Cracked Plate. - tr065540049
Figure 2.12. Gaging Broken Rims. - tr065540050
Figure 2.14. Shattered-Rim Defect. - tr065540051
Figure 2.17. Thermal Cracks. - tr065540052
Figure 2.18. Circumferential Cupid's Bow Crack - tr065540053
Figure 2.19. Circumferential Crack Through Rim. - tr065540054
Figure 2.21. New and Condemning Limits for Wrought-Steel Wheels. - tr065540055
Section II. Axles - tr065540056
Figure 2.23. Axle With Roller Bearings. - tr065540057
Markings - tr065540058
Figure 2.24. Axle Markings. - tr065540059
New Dimensions - tr065540060
Table II. Black Collar Freight Car Axle Dimensions - tr065540061
Axle Wear Limits - tr065540062
Table III. Dimensions of the 1940-design Axle - tr065540063
Table IV. All-purpose Tubular Axle Dimensions - tr065540064
Figure 2.25. Measurement of Worn Journal. - tr065540065
Figure 2.26. Gage for Measuring Worn Journal. - tr065540066
Section III. Wheels on Axles - tr065540067
Matching Wheels and Axles - tr065540068
Mounting Wheels - tr065540069
Table V. Wheel-mounting Pressures in Tons - tr065540070
Procedures for Wheel Mounting - tr065540071
Figure 2.27. Check Gage. - tr065540072
Figure 2.28. Storing Wheels. - tr065540073
Figure 2.29. Cracked Caused by Hole Burnt in Wheel Plate. - tr065540074
Summary - tr065540075
Chapter 3 Trucks - tr065540076
Figure 3.1. Typical Truck. - tr065540077
Side Frame - tr065540078
Figure 3.2. Side Frame. - tr065540079
Figure 3.3. Typical Journal Box Assembly. - tr065540080
Brake Rigging
Six-Wheel Trucks
Figure 3.4. Four-Wheel Truck Brake Rigging. - tr065540083
Figure 3.5. Typical Six-Wheel Truck. - tr065540084
Summary - tr065540085
Chapter 4 Under frame
Figure 4.1. Riveted and Welded-Steel Underframes. - tr065540087
Body Bolster - tr065540088
Floor Stringers - tr065540089
Summary - tr065540090
Chapter 5 Draft Gear and Couplers - tr065540091
Figure 5.1. Friction Draft Gears. - tr065540092
Figure 5.2. Interior of Two Friction Draft Gears. - tr065540093
Figure 5.3. Rubber Draft Gear, Cutaway View. - tr065540094
Figure 5.5. Working Parts of E Coupler. - tr065540095
Coupler Maintenance
Figure 5.6. Measuring Coupler Height. - tr065540097
Figure 5.7. Measuring Coupler Knuckle Play. - tr065540098
Figure 5.9. Side Buffers. - tr065540099
Figure 5.10. Willison Coupler. - tr065540100
Chapter 6 Brakes - tr065540101
Figure 6.1. The KC Airbrake System. - tr065540102
The AB Airbrakes - tr065540103
Figure 6.2. The AB Airbrakes System. - tr065540104
Parts of the Braking Systems
Table VI. Number of Cars per Train Permitted with Inoperative Brakes - tr065540106
Summary - tr065540107
Section II. Handbrakes - tr065540108
Figure 6.3. Straight-Shaft Handbrake. - tr065540109
Summary - tr065540110
Chapter 7 Safety Aooliances
Figure 7.1. Boxcar with Safety Appliances. - tr065540112
Enclosed Car - tr065540113
Flat Car - tr065540114
Figure 7.2. Safety Appliances on Tank Car. - tr065540115
Figure 7.3. Tank Car with Side and End Running Boards. - tr065540116
Caboose - tr065540117
Figure 7.4. Safety Appliances on Caboose. - tr065540118
Summary - tr065540119
Lesson 1 - tr065540120
Lesson 2 - tr065540121
Lesson 2 - Cont'd - tr065540122
Lesson 3 - tr065540123
Lesson 5 - tr065540124
Lesson 6 - tr065540125
Lesson 6 - Cont'd - tr065540126