Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1914 — SOLVES MOVING OF DRAWBAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLVES MOVING OF DRAWBAR

New Truck Has Many Advantages Over the Methods That Have Heretofore Been Used.

Locomotive drawbars are, at best, unwieldy pieces to handle. Owing to their irregular shape and weight it is difficult to balance and carry them, even on a heavy shop truck, and when necessary to move them from shop to shop* the task is indeed tiresome. liie sketch shows a drawbar trncK that can be made of 1-in. iron pipe

and two light cast or wrought-iron wheels. One of the drawbar-pin holes in the bar is dropped over the horn at the front of the truck, and the remaining length of the bar is held by the U-shaped piece at the rear of the truck. The bar, being balanced in this manner, is very easy to wheel, one man transporting the heaviest bar with but little effort—Popular Mechanlcs. ——r-^—^—

Details Showing the Construction of a Locomotive Drawbar Truck Made of Pipe.