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in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed
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One of a pair of plates which fit one into the other and support the car body on the trucks allowing them to turn freely under the car. The one on the truck may also be called center bowl.
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There is one side bearing located on each side of the centerplate on the truck bolster. In case of a shared bogie on an articulated car, there are two on each side.
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has a bolster—a transverse floating beam—between the side frames. It is the central part of every truck on which the
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A large steel pin—or rod—which passes through the center plates on the body bolster and truck bolster. The truck
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includes the brake lever, the brake hanger, the brake pin, the brake beam and the
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The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel
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Railroad car wheels are joined to a straight axle, allowing both
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in North America. As early as 1908 axle boxes contained a set of
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and an articulated connector between two sections of an
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Japanese archbar truck with axleboxes at the wheels
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Bettendorf
truck
bogie
wheel sets
plain bearings
roller bearings
Plain bearings
interchange service
long cylindrical rollers
steam locomotives
Victorian Railways A2 class
LMS Garratt
LSWR 415 class
GCR Class 1
turns about
truck
underframe
railcar
railroad car
brake shoes

adding to it
An American journal box showing a plain bearing
plain bearing
This Bettendorf-style freight car truck uses journal bearings in journal boxes that are integral parts of the side frames. The center pin can be seen pointing up from the bolster. It has coil springs.
Bettendorf
journal bearings
journal boxes
side frames

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