The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Parts, Attatchments, and Details of Construction. Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-three Illustrations |
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CAR-BUILDERS DICT AN ILLUS VOC J. C. Wait,Master Car Builders' Association No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
AIR BRAKE air-brake air-pump attached axle beam bearing Bell-cord Body Truss-rod Body-bolster bolster bolt bottom brace bracket Brake-beam Brake-lever Brake-shaft brake-shoe burner CABOOSE called car-body car-seat carburetor Carline cast cast-iron Center-plate connected coupler Cross Section cylinder Deck Deck-sash Diaphragm door drawbar End Elevation End-sill English face-plate fastened flange floor frame freight freight-car gage hand-car hanger heater hinge hook horizontal inches inside iron Janney Janney coupler journal-box lamp lever lock Longitudinal lower metal NAMES Numbers Refer passenger passenger-car PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Pintsch gas pipe piston pivot plate platform Pullman Push-pole rail RAILROAD ratchet-wheel REFRIGERATOR CAR roof sash screw seat seat-arm seat-back seat-end shown in figs Side Elevation Side-bearing Side-sill sills SLEEPING CAR sleeping-car spring standard steam steel strap street-cars tie-rod timber Transom Transverse triple-valve truck Truck-bolster truss Underframe upper berth usually valve ventilator vestibule washer Westinghouse brake wheel window World's Columbian Exposition wrought-iron