Machine developed by Standard Ry Equipment Mfg Co, Chicago, permits restoring full standard flange and tread contour of worn Diesel locomotive wheels without removing either trucks or wheels from under equipment; overall time for retruing single pair of wheels is 40 min; for most wheels, truing operation can be completed in one cut; machine is floating milling machine mounted on universal joint and consisting of two individual components, milling unit and driving mechanism.
Diesel wheel-truing machine
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 129 , n 4
1950
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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