Wheel manufacturing, railroad operating and mechanical forces have made most remarkable contribution toward reduction of wheel failures, campaign for better maintenance of brakes having been important part of coordinated program; what manufacturers in collaboration with Am. Railway Assn. wheel committee and what railroads, supplemented by American Railway Assn. wheel and air brake committees, have done.


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    Title :

    Wheel failures


    Additional title:

    Mech Engr


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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