The Maintenance and Renewal of Railway Rolling Stock. (Includes Plates and Appendix).

Abstract

FROM the moment the steam is first generated in a locomotive, or the first train mile has been run by a railway carriage or wagon, the dilapidation due to the destructive effects of wear and tear may be said to have begun, alike in the rolling stock and in the roadway that carries it. The accumulated experience now possessed of the wear and tear of rolling stock, extending over a period of nearly forty years, enables the average life of each part of these structures to be as accurately determined as the average duration of human life under similar well-defined and recognized conditions. 10,000 / 6 '/ Break blocks, rose packings, &c. 1 "O%% months GO, 000