Excerpt from Railway Age Gazette, 1914, Vol. 88: Including the American Engineer; Established 1832; Also of the Daily Railway Age Gazette Issued During the M. M. And M. C. B. Conventions Bolts and nuts are avoided and one of the arrangements for doing this is to be found in the bracket for the spring plank hangers. It will be seen that these are on top of the gusset plates. They are simple castings with a seat for the hanger pin. This pin is held in place by a wall over the hole at one end and a cotter pin put across the hole at the other end. To remove the pin, a hole is left in the wall, through 'which a drift can be pushed or driven. In spite of the substantial appearance and actual strength of these trucks they are lighter than the composite truck which they replace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.