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Railway Line Clearances and Car Dimensions #47 January 1909 BAD COVER
Railway Line Clearances and Car Dimensions No 47 January 1909
Soft Cover
122 pages
Copyright 1908
CONTENTS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 1,15
Bearing Pieces 12
Braces 12
Brakes-Number of 4
Brakes-Clearance 4
Brakes-Hand 18
Cars used for shipments, Condition of 2
Height and width of lading 6
Idler Car-Use of 9, 10, 17, 21
Lading-Weight of 15
Lading-Maximum Width of 3
Lading-Height and Width of 6, 25
Lading-Not Acceptable for Shipment on Top of Cars 7
Loads-Carried on one truck 8
Loads-Projecting or Overhanging on Single Cars 9
Loads-Width of Overhanging 11
Maximum Weight of Lading 3, 25, 31
Overhanging Load on Single Cars 9
Loads Projecting over End Sills 9
Overhanging Loads-Width of 11
Stakes, Stake Pockets 12,14
Stakes-Tying Together at Top 13
Side Bearing Clearance 5
Width of Overhanging Load 11
Single Loads of Sawed Lumber 12
Application of Additional Stake Pockets to Comply with Rules 14
Weight of Lading 15
Loads Carried on One Bearing Piece Per Car, Located at or near Center of Car 15, A, F
Loads Carried on One Bearing Piece Per Car, Located Between Center of Car and Center of Truck 15, B, F
Loads Carried on One Bearing Piece Per Car, Located at or near Center of Truck 15, C, F
Location of Bearing Pieces with Relation to Truck Bolster 23
Loads Carried on Tops of Sides of Gondola Cars 15, C, G
Flexible Plates-Twin or Triple Loads 15, E
Short Material on Floor of Car 15, D
Loads on One Bearing Piece of Steel Cars, and Cars having Steel Underframes 15, F
Maximum Weights for Loads-Where Difficult to Ascertain Whether General Instructions Given in Paragraphs 8 and 15 are complied with 31
LOADS TOO LONG FOR SINGLE CARS 16, 31
Bearing Pieces 12, 22, 23, 24
Bearing Pieces-Least Allowable Size 29
Blocking Cars Apart 26, 28
Carrying Cars-Capacity of 19
Clearance Between Lading and Floor of Car 17
Chaining of Cars 27
Inspection of Cars 28,30
Width of Lading 25
Location of Bearing Pieces with Relation to Truck Bolster 23
Distance Between Bearing Pieces 24
Determining Capacity of Car in Tandem Loads 19
Loads Requiring Flat Cars 20
Weight on Carrying Cars where material is less than 90 feet long 31
LUMBER ON OPEN CARS 32, 33, 34, 52
Lumber on Single Cars 32, 33, 34
Stakes-Minimum Sizes and Substitutes 34, D
Stakes-Number and Size of 34
Stakes-Tying Together at Top 34
Lumber in Two Piles Per Car When Length Will Permit 32
LONG LUMBER ON TOP OF Two SINGLE LOADS 35, 37
Bearing Pieces-Size of 35
Maximum Weight of Lading 37
Stakes-Spacing and Wiring of 35, 36
LONG LUMBER ON SINGLE CARS OVERHANGING IDLER 38, 46
Bearing Pieces 41, 42
Idler-Flat Car 39
Idler-Gondola Car 40
Lading Overhanging Idler 43
Load-on Idler 44
Load-on one Truck 46
Stakes-Location of 45
LONG LUMBER ON Two OR THREE CARS 47, 50
Bearing Pieces-Size and Location of 49
Filling Pieces-for Narrow Lading 50
Stakes-Wiring and Spacing of 48
LONG LUMBER ON GONDOLA CARS 51, 52
Bearing Pieces 51, 52
Stakes-Location and Wiring of 52
Stanchions-Size and Wiring of 51
DRESSED LUMBER 53
Single Loads of Sawed Lumber 12
LOGS, TELEGRAPH POLES, PILING AND PROPS ON OPEN CARS 54, 59
Bearing Pieces-Sizes 54
LOGS 55
Stakes-Number and Size 55
LOGS, PILING, PROPS AND TELEGRAPH POLES 56, 59
Bearing Pieces 57
Loads on Two or More Cars 59
Stakes-Kind and Wiring of 56, 57, 58
TAN BARK, LATHES, SLAB WOOD, ETC 60, 66, 66, A
TAN BARK ON FLAT CARS 60
Ladder at end of Car 60
Stakes-Wiring of 60
TAN BARK ON GONDOLA CARS 61, 65
Height of Lading 63, 64
Stakes-Wiring and Securing of 61, 63
LOADS ON GONDOLA CARS-HEIGHT OF SIDES 63, 64
TIES, FENCE POSTS, ETC., ON OPEN CARS 67, 69
Height of Loads-Securing in Gondola Cars 68, 69, 70
Ties and Fence Posts on Flat Cars 67
Sapling-Securing Loads 71
STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, PLATES, RAILS, GIRDERS, ETC 72, 104
Loads on Single Cars 72, 75
Girders Clamped Together 72
Long Girders Loaded Flatwise 72
Loading of Large Overhanging Girders 73
Open Girders and Half Roof Trusses 75
Deep Girders 75, A
Short Material on Single Gondola Cars 74
LOADS IN GONDOLA CARS OVERHANGING 76,84
Bearing Pieces-Size of 76,81
Depth of Load 78
Flexible Material Overhanging 80, 82
Bearing Pieces not Required-Flexible Material 80
END BLOCKING 80, 82
Idler-Flat Car 83
Idler-Gondola Car 84
Securing Overhanging Loads 77
Weights for which End Blocking is not Required 79
STRUCTURAL MATERIAL ON SINGLE CARS OVERHANGING, BOTH ENDS 85, 87
Bearing Pieces 86
Securing Overhanging Ends-Braces on Tie Rods 87
FLEXIBLE PLATES ON SINGLE CARS 89
TWIN LOADS 90, 104
Bearing Pieces-Gondola Cars with Drop Ends or Flat Cars 90
Bearing Pieces-Gondola Cars without Drop Ends 92, 94
Braces for Long Girders-List of Material 104
Braces for Long Girders-Notes 104
Girders More Than 70 Feet Long, Oblong Holes for Bolster Pins 104, F
Girders 8 Feet Deep, less than 30,000 pounds, Bolster Equipment 104, G
Girders More Than 50 Feet Long, if to go Around
Curves More Than 20 Degrees 104, H
Built up Bolsters104, D, 104, I, 104, K
Clearance Between Loads and Sides of Car 91
Lading on Two Bearing Pieces and Two Sliding Pieces - Clearance 95
Lading on Two Bearing Pieces and Three or More Sliding Pieces 96
Long Flexible Material 93
Location of Diagonal Brace Rods 104, B
Size of Temporary Bolts in Flange of Girders 104, C
Filling Pieces between Stringers 104, E
Short Material Loaded on Floor of Car 97
Structural Material over 60 feet Long 103
TURNTABLES 105,111
Turntables on Pivoted Bolsters 109, 110, 111
Cribbing for Turntables-Sizes 106, 107, 108
ROLLED MATERIAL OF SMALL SECTIONAL AREA 98, 102
Bearing or Sliding Pieces-Sizes 101
Loads on Two or More Cars 102
Rolled Material, etc., in Single Gondola Cars 98
Boarding over Hoppers 98, A
Rolled Material, etc., in Single Flat Cars 99
PIPE ON OPEN CARS 112,117
Pipe 12 inches or less in Diameter 112
Pipe More than 12 inches in Diameter, Less than 24 inches in Diameter 113
Pipe 24 inches in Diameter and Over 115
Blocking for Pipe 3 feet in Diameter or Over 116
Stakes-Wiring for Pipe less than 18 feet Long 114
Stakes-Number of 117
STONE ON OPEN CARS 118, 120
Flagging, etc., on Straight Face 120
Flagging, etc., on Uneven Face 120
Stone not Safe on Flat Cars 119
LOADING BOILER SHELLS 6 FEET OR OVER IN DIAMETER 121
PLATE. GLASS 122
SCRAP JUNK IN CARS WITH RACKS 123
MATERIAL IN Box OR STOCK CARS 124, 133
BARRELS 124
BARREL STAVES, FENCE POSTS; SHORT WOOD 125
TIRES 126
CAR WHEELS 127
TIES-CORD WOOD, ETC 128, 129
MISCELLANEOUS SHORT LADING 130
PROTECTION SLATS ON DOOR POSTS 131
SCRAP JUNK IN STOCK CARS 132
SEWER PIPE-DRAIN TILE, ETC 133
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