Sudan Railways, north of Khartoum; run through some of hottest and dustiest desert country in world; dust or sand forms natural grinding paste on axle journals, hub liners, horns, wheel tire treads and flanges; conditions necessitate frequent axle box repairs and tire turning; details of locomotive wheel drop pit of special design installed to deal with this work; by use of two jacks complete truck can be easily and safely removed; diagram of cross sections of pit showing principal dimensions and site plan.


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    Title :

    Wheel-drop pit on Sudan Railways


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Contributors:
    York, J.D. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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