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.
Wheel-drop pit on Sudan Railways
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 80 , n 5
1944
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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