Functions performed by railroad car and locomotive wheels; heating action of brake shoe is most severe service requirement; figures indicating effects of equipment design and railroad operating practices as they have developed in recent years; mechanism by which brake shoe heating produces harmful effects; suggestions for minimizing them.


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    Title :

    Railroading today through eyes of wheel manufacturer


    Additional title:

    Am Soc Mech Engrs -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- Meeting A-117 ; 1953



    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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