- 1. [CBQ] Re: CB&Q 6100 (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitch" <soocarman79@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:55:01 -0600
- How come freight car wheels didn't have them? They were cast iron at the time also. Mitch -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your
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- 2. Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q 6100 (score: 1)
- Author: Sam Cook <trains@sjcook.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:54:51 -0600
- If you would look at a cross-section of many/most freight wheels, the web is not flat, but rather has a dished shape or an s-curve. This is for stress relief. Sam Cook, Milan, MO == -- Yahoo! Groups
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- 3. Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q 6100 (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:30:58 -0800 (PST)
- Freight and passenger car wheels are made by a special process called "chilling". A special kind of steel ring(called a "chill) is placed around the hot metal when it cools. The cold steel draws heat
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- 4. [CBQ] Re: CB&Q 6100 (score: 1)
- Author: "mdeckergwtcnet" <mdecker@gwtc.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:55:01 -0600
- Hi Mitch..... Cast iron car wheels have holes in them too, they are on the back side where you can't see them. Most cast car wheels had a hollow "donut shaped" section around the hub. The hollow help
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-02/msg00324.html (11,540 bytes)
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