Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac reports first successful detection of broken flanges on moving cars by electrical means; detector consists of series of spring steel fingers, placed at right angles to rail, with insulated stainless steel pad near end of each finger; if section is broken out of flange, upturned end of finger will make contact with wheel, thus shunting electrical circuit through relay. (see also Ry Signalling and Communications v 46 n 3 Mar 1953 p 197; Ry Locomotives and Cars v 127 n 4 Apr 1953 p 88-90)
Wheel checker gets results
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 134 , n 9
1953
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1953
Engineering Index Backfile | 1953