Operation of semiautomatic wheel shop handling requirements for freight cars on Pacific lines of Southern Pacific at Sacramento, Calif; new shop features latest mounting and demounting presses, electronically-controlled boring machines and other equipment; wheels and axles are inspected with modern ultrasonic and magnetic particle testing units; new and reused axles are machined on three manually-operated lathes to which they are moved by elevators and conveyors under push-button control. (47667)
SP wheel shop semi-automated
Ry Locomotives Cars
Railway Locomotives and Cars ; 142 , n 9
1968
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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