Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American PracticeSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1881 - Railroad cars Definitions and typical illustrations of railroads and industrial cars, their parts and equipment; cars built in America for export to foreign countries; descriptions and illustrations of shops and equipment employed in the construction and repair of cars. |
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Air-pump attached axle beam bearing Bell-cord Guide berth body Body-bolster bolster bolt brace Bracket Brake-beam Brake-block Brake-hanger Brake-hose Brake-lever Brake-rod Brake-shaft brake-shoes car-body Car-heater Carline cast-iron casting centre Centre-plate Check-chain Clear-story Coal-car Coupling-pin cylinder designated door Door-latch Draw-bar draw-timbers Driving-wheel Brake Engine engraving Equalizing-bar fastened Floor-mat Floor-timber forms frame freight freight-car Hand-car hold hook horizontal inside iron Journal-bearing Journal-box King-post lamp lever list of names LOCOMOTIVE Longitudinal Lower MANUFACTURERS NUMBERS IN FIGS passenger passenger-car PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD piece pipe Piston piston-rod placed platform Platform-hood Pulley Queen-post rail RAILROAD Ratchet-wheel ring roof Safety-beam sash screw Screw-threads seat Seat-back Seat-end Section Side View Side-bearing sills sleeping-car Sliding-door Spiral Spiral-spring spring Spring-plank stove street-car Swing-hanger Tie-rod timber Transom Transverse Triple-valve truck Truck-bolster Truck-frame truss Truss-rod UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Upper usually valve Washer Westinghouse Car-brake Westinghouse-brake wheel Wheel-piece window Window-blind Window-curtain Window-latch Window-sash wood wooden wrought-iron YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD