This car is of special construction and is built for the Lidgerwood
Manufacturing Co. It is illustrated here to show the class of work our
shops produce. It has an all steel frame and specially constructed
truck, as shown in small cut. Hydraulic jacks are located on the four
corners of the body to raise the car, so that trucks may be swiveled
and the car set to one side of track.
[Sidenote: _CODE
"Skidruck"
Number 151_]
=Skidder Car Truck=
[Illustration]
This truck is built to secure a very low center of gravity. It is
accomplished by using specially designed pedestal and oil boxes, having
a spring on each side of oil box.
The truck frame is of rigid construction, built of I beams, and
flexibility is secured by using pedestals, equipped with springs.
[Sidenote: _CODE
"Donkey"
Number 155_]
=Reinforced Steel Framed Flat=
=60 Ton Capacity=
[Illustration]
Capacity of Body, 120,000 pounds. Allowable load on one side Sill
concentrated on 10 feet at Center, 60 tons. Center Sills are composed
of Steel I-Beams and Side Sills are built up Steel Girders of Fishbelly
type and sufficiently strong to carry a Donkey Engine mounted on a
sled, and fully equipped with Wire Rope, Fuel and Water, and will carry
this safely while the Donkey is being loaded or unloaded. The Trucks
however are 80,000 capacity which is ample for special service where
high speeds are not attained.
[Illustration: "Donkey" Flat Built for Twin Falls Logging Co.]