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Identifier: railwaymechanica92newy (find matches)
Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Motor and Jack Shaft Mounting developed for railroad service and has previously receivedwide application both on cars and locomotives. This, how-ever, is the first commercial application in connection withrod drive and no other railroad application approaches itin the amount of power transmitted. The gear has a face10 in. in width which is a radical departure from previous
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Pennsylvania Electric Locomotive Hauling an Idle Steam Locomotive and Freight Train waste cavity being provided in the side frame casting abovethe jack shaft bearing. The body of the jack shaft is 113^ in. in diameter witha long taper on each end to receive the gear center. Theshaft is hollow, a hole 3 in. in diameter extending throughfrom end to end. The gear center is of cast steel with along hub which extends through the bearing brass and formsthe running surface of the journal. The bore of the gearis tapered throughout its length and fits the taper on theend of the jack shaft. The gear center is pulled home toits seat on the shaft by a heavy nut on the end of the shaft, railroad practice with overhung gearing. This width ismade practicable by dividing the gear rim at its midwidthinto two rings, independent flexibility being provided foreach ring relative to the gear center. The gear pinions areintegral and each meshes with both rings, the independentflexibilit) of which insures an

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  • bookid:railwaymechanica92newy
  • bookyear:1916
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroad_engineering
  • booksubject:Engineering
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Railroad_cars
  • bookpublisher:New_York__N_Y____Simmons_Boardman_Pub__Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:105
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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