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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 7 (November 1, 1928)

The Structure of the Wagons

The Structure of the Wagons.

A number of the carriages are linked together, and towed along the rail by a horse, as barges on a canal. Owing to the undulation of the country the horse will sometimes be much below the rail, in consequence of which he is provided with a sufficient length of rope, to preserve a proper angle of draught.

Fig. 1 is an end view of the carriage, with a cross section of the rail, and of a pillar shewing its form, and manner of fixing.

A. Fig. 1 is an upright pillar of cast iron, having at the shoulder a flanch which rests upon the surface of the ground. The pillar is formed with ribs at right angles, which converge toward the lower extremity, and are notched on the edges for the better securing it firmly in the ground, with the page 54 broken hard materials which are rammed around it; the hole into which it is inserted being previously well prepared by ramming with a sort of pile driving engine.

E E (Fig. 1) are the arms or axles, and H H are the receptacles for the goods. The receptacles are made of plate iron, and are suspended to the arms or axles by the inflexible rods I I I I. To one of the arms a chain is hooked, to which a towing rope may be connected. Any number of carriages may be attached together by chains hooked on to the angles.

At Adelaide Station, South Australia. Class “RX” engine, the largest 5ft. 3in. gauge engine in use before the recent importation of the great Pacific Mountain Types.

At Adelaide Station, South Australia.
Class “RX” engine, the largest 5ft. 3in. gauge engine in use before the recent importation of the great Pacific Mountain Types.