US288193A - Car for elevated railways - Google Patents

Description

(N0 Model) E. s. WATSON.

GAR POR ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

No. 288,193. Patented N v, 6, 1883.

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' ELIJAH S. WATSON, OF 'WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI.

CAR FOR ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming To a/ZZ whom zit may concern:

Beit known that-ll, ELrJAr-r S. Warsoiv, of Water Valley, in the county of Yalabusha and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rai1- ways; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification. .Y

My invention relates to improvements in elevated railways and cars therefor; and it consists in a single rail supported upon stringers secured to posts or pillars raised above the ground to a suitable height, and a car made in two sections, one on each side of the track, and havingwheels located centrally near the top of the car, the greatest weight of the car and load being thrown below the track. and wheels.

The novel construction of the several parts embodied in my device and their general arrangement will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved sin gle-railtrack with a car thereon; Fig. 2, avertical section of the car and track, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of a locomotive for the same.

rllhe rail A is the ordinary T-rail laid upon longitudinal string-.pieces B, properly secured to the vertical posts or pillars C, which risev from the ground a suitable distance, depending upon the depth of the car and the requirements of the ground. l Upon this single rail the cars travel. Each car is composed of two sections, D, and is made asfollows: Framepieces F 'F are located at each end of the car, and are preferably made of angle-iron of sufficient size to bear a strain greater than the load placed upon them. The frame-pieces F F extend above and below the rail'and on each side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. These framepieces are preferably made of angle iron, which gives greatest strength with least weight of metal; or they may be of wrought-iron or steel rods. The lower or bent portions of the part of Letters Patent No. 288,193, dated November 6, 1883. Application tiled March 27, 1883. (No model.) l Y The box or body of The wheels E E,which havea double lia'nge, u'

maybe journaled in journal-boxes secured to the upper or lower side of two parallel beams,

which may be placedin the upper bend of thev frame, and to which the pieces F are bolted and secured. The exterior sides of the framepieces are made straight Orhan g vertical. The interior ones 'I arel bent outwardly from the track, commencing at a point at or near the top of the stringerB. The object of this is to' throw the weight outwardly from the roadway, and thus prevent oscillation of the car. The greatest weight is brought below the rail, and

the strain comes upon the wheel and rail, and

there is a stability thus given to the cars which will prevent them leaving the rail, and insures an absence of vibration or oscillation.

`One side of the car cannot approach the track without overcoming the gravity of the opposite side and lifting said side to a greater height than the descent ofthe first side mentioned, so that it is virtually impossible for the car to be derailed. The greater the load on the car the greater the traction on the rail and the greater the ste-adiness of motion.

The engine will have a boiler andlirebox on each side of the rail, and the driving mechanism can be placed at each side of the beams, or located in any suitable position. The car can also be actuated by a system oi' pivoted levers secured to the driving-wheels.

A railway built as described can be run over a rough or plain country, and is particularly applicable for mining regions, where track# grading is expensive. It is also easily and economically constructed in swamp-lands, as

nothing more is required than a pile foundation for the posts or supports C.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi v I a A ourY Afor a single-rail track, having end shown and described, and -for the purpose set frame-pieces made of a single bar of metal, F, forth.' 1o bent or curved. at its upper portion, so as to In testimony whereof I affix my signature in afford room for the Wheels E, the interior presence of two witnesses. I

5 sides of the bar being bent outwardly from 2LV ELIJAH S. WATSON.

point near the track, the exterior sides being Witnesses: vertical, the car Consisting of two sections, one J. W. FRY, K i i on each side of the track, substantially as F. SPENCE. 1

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