Engineer's Sketchbook from Project Gutenberg ~ Wednesday, December 05, 2018

This Book, full of sketches of elements from the mechanical engineering of 1902, just came up on Project Gutenberg.

There are lots of bits and pieces of interest to fans of railways, trolleys/trams, and cable cars here. Here's some samples:

Fig. 220. "Plan of four-wheel car, with swivelling gear for curves.", is reminiscent to the Brill Radiax truck (here is Brill's patent), as used in the Muni Type J cars (aka, "E-Line Dinkies").

I have never seen, but would be interested to, a clear view of one of these cars on a tight curve and taking advantage of this unique truck design.