HEAVY-DUTY CAST-STEEL WHEELS FOR FREIGHT CARS

American Brake Shoe Company has developed a wheel now in volume production for hard service on freight vehicles for heavy commodity loads. During service testing on 23 U.S.A. railways in 1947-55 the wheels have run more than 5,600,000 miles on van, hopper, tank, flat, refrigerator, and other types of wagon of 40, 50, and 70 tons capacity. Five of the vehicles averaged 275,000 miles of operation and one totalled more than 350,000 miles. Measurements of rolling and braking wear on 1,000 of the new wheels showed only equal results to that of other steel wheels and was less in some service conditions. The Casting process is described and a cross section of the wheel, known as the Southern wheel, is shown.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1955-12-16

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 706-707
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 103

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Fabrication; Field tests; Freight cars; Hardness; Railroad cars; Stresses; Technology; Tension; Vehicle design; Wear; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tensile stress
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Wheel design
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039661
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM