Changeable gauge railing truck
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorHenry F. Estrada
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Abstract
Railway truck having side frames at a fixed lateral spacing with each side frame axle bearing support located between two track width locations to be accommodated, the side frames having universal-movement retaining mountings for replaceable rigid wheel-axle bearing units which provide mounting means for wheels inside the side frames for narrow gage track and mounting means for wheels outside the side frames for wide gage track and means for mounting brake disks at the same space location outside the side frames when wheels are located either inside or outside the side frames.
Claims1
A railway truck adapted for use on relatively wide and narrow gage tracks with respect to each other, comprising in combination, side frames, axle-bearing units, releasable axle retaining means adapted to mount said axle-bearing units to said side frames, and axle units adapted to be retained by said axle-bearing units, each respective side frame being positioned between the adjacent rails said axle units dimensioned with large diameter portions to receive wheels on the inboard sides of said side frames when said truck is used with said relatively narrow gage track, intermediate-diameter portions to receive bearing sleeves to hold said axle-bearing units, and small-diameter portions to receive wheels on the outboard side of said side frames when said truck is used with said wide gage track, means for mounting brake disks on said axle located outboard of said side frames at the same transverse positions when said truck is used on either gage tracks, and brake operating units mounted on the outside of the side frames in the same transverse positions when said truck is used with either gage tracks.
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