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Re: NJT #26 @Baltimore Streetcar Museum |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Jan 25 07:46:58 2014, in response to Re: NJT #26 @Baltimore Streetcar Museum, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 24 20:49:06 2014. According to Carlson and Schneider's "PCC The Car That Fought Back" Clarke built the B-1 truck for LA. (The standard PCC truck was the B-2)"The B-1 sub-frame differed from that of the B-2 truck in that the connecting arms were sufficiently heavy to support the carbody in addition to keeping the axles parallel . They were bolted to the axle cases at one end and flexibly connected at the other by a closed clamp around the axle housing. By using rubber between the clamp and the axle housing, motion between the two was permitted without creating rubbing steel surfaces and the consequent need for lubrication,..." Clarke also built the B-6, an outboard bearing meter-gauge PCC truck for Belgium. |
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