WEAR-RESISTANT FILLER KEEPS RAIL CARS ROLLING

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. uses a new patented process to reclaim bolster bowls on freight cars. The new process involves the use of a wear-resistant alloy filler metal. The process cuts costs by 60% compared with the old method, builds bolster bowls that last three to four times longer than bowls repaired by the old method, requires fewer inspections, and avoids the need to grind or machine the bolster bowl to finished inside-diameter specifications.

• Corporate Authors:

  Industrial Publishing Corporation

  614 Superior Avenue West
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44113

  Industrial Publishing Corporation

  614 Superior Avenue West
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44113
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 92-93
• Serial:
  • Welding Design and Fabrication
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars; Repairing; Structural plates; Vehicle components; Welding
• Identifier Terms: Chessie System
• Old TRIS Terms: Car components; Center plates; Freight car repairs
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141117
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM