Description of Lidgerwood method of tire turning used by Southern Pacific Railroad; essential details of Lidgerwood tire turning apparatus consist of suitable well ballasted tangent track 800 ft or longer, set on grade of 3 in. per 100 ft, and with suitable pulling devices at each end; locomotive is pulled back and forth, while cutting tools replace brake shoes and cut tires into shape.
Turning tires on rail
Western Machy Steel World
Western Machinery and Steel World ; 35 , n 12
1944
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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