Description: Railroad Tank Cars, ICS # 3004, Edition 2, by D.C. Royce and E.W. Hartough, originally published by the International Correspondence Schools, International Textbook Co., Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1943. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Leesburg, VA, 2010 reprint of 1943 original, 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 56 pages, with two fold-out plates. Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original. What dimensions determine the capacity of a tank dome? What is the usual cause of a leak in a tank seam? What precautions must be taken in beveling the edge of a sheet preliminary to calking? What precautionary measures should be taken when a dome cover is being unscrewed? What condition determines the number of domes on a tank? What is meant by the term “back pitch”? What is the advantages gained by using a center anchor for connecting a tank to its underframe? What defect is most often found in tank cars? If you can answer all these questions, maybe you don’t need these this book. But if you’re of the growing number of live railroad enthusiasts, live steamers, model engineers or model railroaders looking for information to help make your railroad or layout as authentic as possible, then you will love these ICS railroad books. So be sure to look for our two dozen other reproduced books from the ICS series on steam railroading as taught and practiced in the 1930s and 1940s. Contents include: Construction, Testing and Repair Main Features of Tank Cars Classification of Tank Cars Tank Cars in General Service U.S.R.A. Standard Tank Car Construction and Operation Variations in Standard Tank Cars Tank Details Construction of Domes Standard Dome Cover Safety Valves General Requirements Position and Number of Safety Valves Old-Type Safety Valve Standard Safety Valve Apparatus for Testing Safety Valves Safety Vents General Requirements Standard Safety Vents Outlet Valves General Requirements Standard Oil Outlet Valves Valve Operating Mechanism Standard Acid Outlet Valve Tank Anchorage Tank Head-Blocks Wooden Head-Blocks in Wooden and Steel Underframes Construction and Location of Head-Blocks Center Anchors General Arrangement Construction of Center Anchors Other Types of Tank Anchors Specifications of Tank Cars Materials and Methods of Construction Materials of Construction Methods of Riveting Bursting Pressure Calking Tank Heads Tank Anchorage Head-Blocks and Tank Bands Shearing and Bearing Areas of Rivets Specifications for Shearing and Bearing Areas in Tank Anchors Testing of Tanks Certification of Tests Periods of Testing Methods of Testing Repair of Tank Cars General Overhauling Parts Requiring Special Attention Methods of Repair Preparatory Work Defects Commonly Met With Straightening of Dents in Tank Repair of Leaky Seams Calking the Seams Repair of Leaky Rivets Repair of Leaky Outlet Valves Patching of Holes and Splits Loose Anchorage Connections Removing Tank from Underframe Parts of Tank Cars Names and Positions of Parts (one full page drawing with all parts numbered, and three pages of parts listed by number) Positive Self-Locking Outlet Valve Examination Questions
Price: 9.98 USD
Location: Mebane, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-18T05:26:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.15 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
