Air-Equipped Connected Truck

The Most Practical Skeleton Logging Car on the Market. Equipped With U. S. Safety Appliances to Meet Interstate Commerce Commission Requirements.

This car has done more to make the name of the Seattle Car & Foundry Co. well known among the logging fraternity than any other single one of our products. We instituted their use on the Pacific Coast. They were designed to avoid many of the obvious disadvantages of flat cars and to add the element of safety to trucks without materially increasing cost.

The letter which follows, pictures better than we could, the reception and experience of the trade, from the view point of the actual operator.

NORTHWEST LUMBER COMPANY
Kerriston Mill
Superintendent's Office

Kerriston, Wash., July 19, 1913

Mr. F. W. Chriswell, Chief Engineer,
Seattle Car & Foundry Co.,
Seattle, Washington
Dear Sir:

Mr. Horton our Secretary has requested me to write you of our experience with the connected logging trucks which we have been using for the last three or four years.

In a general way I might classify this under two heads, construction and operation. Regards to construction of these cars will say, while they are seemingly light, we have found them very strong, and more serviceable in our logging than flat cars which we had previously used and are still using. The air equipment as arranged in these cars is very well protected, and we have experienced practically no trouble whatsoever from breakage. Due to the construction of these cars with their three sills as the only woodwork, we have found the cost of maintenance very little, perhaps due to a certain extent to the accessibility of the parts, which permit of a thorough inspection by simply walking past the car. In operating, we have found these cars exceptionally adapted to the hauling of logs, and during our four years experience do not recall an instance where the load has been spilled due to any fault of the bunk or blocks. Our cars, of which we have twenty-four in operation, are built on twenty-four foot truck centers with nine and ten foot bunks, and during the last year and a half we have lost but one log except through derailment. We find that these cars seemingly ride easier than the seven flat cars which we have in service, permit of a larger load and carry their loads to better advantage. These cars are easily loaded, and it is not uncommon that we haul nine and ten thousand feet to the car. Our loads will average between seven and eight thousand feet per car. All of the trainmen who have worked on these cars, and the loaders in the woods like them very much. The fact that they are easy to load leads the loaders to put on a good load on them and in a careful manner, and in an all around way will consider them very much superior to the flat cars we are using, being seven in number of the standard logging type.

Any further information which I may be able to give you and which you may desire, will be furnished with pleasure upon request.

Very truly yours,

GEO. N. PECK,

General Superintendent

This Letter is Typical of Dozens We Have Received

Old Style Standard Skeleton Car with Timber Bunk and Automatic Trip Pockets to Provide for the Use of High Stakes. Equipped With Air.

[List of Parts—Standard Car Equipment]

CASTINGS—

Give pattern number where possible in addition to list number.

FORGINGS—

AIR EQUIPMENT—

LUMBER—

SPECIALTIES—

[TRUCKS—Hercules, Snohomish and Skookum]

Business of Making Trucks is one of the Specialties in which we Acknowledge no Superior.

We Build Regular Stock Lines and to Special Requirements.

Speedy Delivery Guaranteed.

Seattle Car and Foundry Co.'s Trucks Are Made for Pacific Coast Conditions.

Over 7000 in Actual Use.

Write to Those Who Have Tried Them.

Lake Whatcom Logging Co.

Bellingham, Washington.

REFER TO OUR FILE NO
Mr. O. D. Colvin,
Vice Pres. & Mgr. Seattle Car Mfg. Co.,
Alaska Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir

Your Hercules logging trucks are the best car for heavy logging that I have seen and we are now buying no other. My experience dates back twenty-five years and I am familiar with the old N.P. trucks and G.N. trucks which when put out in '93 were the best trucks made, and also the trucks manufactured in Tacoma, Seattle and by ourselves. We have had them all more or less in our trains for the last ten years and have opportunities to observe them under all classes of service. We have had less repairs and less trouble on account of hot boxes with your cars than any others. Our cars are all equipped with the Knight chock block which we find very effective and safe.

Yours truly,

LAKE WHATCOM LOGGING COMPANY.
J J Donovan

JJD/FMB.

This letter is a good example of what practical loggers think of Seattle Car & Foundry Co. trucks and bunks

CODE
"Scochief"
Number 97

Our 1914 Truck

["Skookum Chief"]
(100,000 POUNDS CAPACITY. STRONGEST LOGGING TRUCK EVER BUILT.)

Deep-Throat Punch

The Skookum Chief, One-Piece Cast Steel Truck Frame is a radical departure from the old and well known designs and is a distinct step forward. The cast steel frame in locomotive tender construction and passenger car trucks has been widely used and is in favor. The use of cast steel has many advantages. The most economic distribution of metal is made possible, and greatest strength with least weight is the result. In a built-up frame there is always some weak point which is usually where the parts are bolted together. Bolts become loose and nuts are lost. A comparison of the Skookum Chief with any other truck cannot fail to show clearly its advantages in this respect. The Side Frame, End Frame, Draft Beams and Bolster being in ONE PIECE eliminates possibility of weakness where these parts are usually joined by bolts, and the sections of the various parts are so well proportioned that nothing short of a serious wreck could cause failure. The repairman would be almost unnecessary and the Truck would always be in commission, making it possible to handle the business of a camp with one or two sets of trucks less.

Equipment of Skookum Chief

Bunks—Hercules Cast Steel, either 9 or 10 feet.

Chocks—"Knight," "McLafferty," or "Skookum"

Wheels—33 inch Chilled Cast Iron.

Axles—Steel with 5 × 9 Journals.

Couplers—Automatic with bottom unlocking lever.

Brakes—Either Inside or Outside Hung Beams with Hand Wheel at side.

Capacity—The capacity of this truck is limited only by the axles. The frame will carry a 50% overload.

CODE
"Herksteel"
Number 127

Equipped with Knight Patent Chock Block and Cast Steel Bolster

[Hercules Logging Truck]
A STEEL TRUCK OF 80,000 CAPACITY THAT HAS CARRIED 120,000 SAFELY

Heavy Bar Shear

This is a steel frame truck, with cast steel bolster and bunk brace, and is here shown with structural bunk, but may be equipped with cast steel bunk of either the Hercules, McLafferty or Skookum patent, and also with steel draft beams, making an all steel truck.

33-inch Chilled Cast Iron Wheels and Steel Axles, with 4½ × 8 inch Journals. Height from rail to center of Drawbar, 25½ inches, and to top of Bunk, 40½ inches. Length over Draft Beams, 9 feet, 6 inches.

Automatic Couplers with Bottom Unlocking Attachments. Brake Shoes applied to all Wheels, with hand wheel at side or hand lever at end. Weight, approximately 18,000 pounds per set.

CODE
"Hercules"
Number 122

Equipped with Knight Patent Chock Block

Hercules Logging Truck
(MADE IN ANY CAPACITY FROM 40,000 TO 70,000 LBS. PER SET OF TRUCKS)

Designed for heavy service and has proved its efficiency in handling the long, heavy timbers of the Northwest.

Our Standard Class A Truck Number 122, as shown in cut, is equipped with Hercules Patent Bunk, 9 feet long, and Knight Patent Chock Block. At purchaser's option can furnish our Patent Cast Steel Bunk, in either 9 or 10-foot lengths, of Hercules, McLafferty or Skookum Patent.

33-inch Chilled Cast Iron Wheels and Axles with 4½ × 8-inch Journals. 28 or 24-inch wheels are optional.

Height from Rail to center of Drawbar, 2 feet, 1½ inches. Height from top of Rail to top of Bunk, 3 feet, 4½ inches. Length over Couplers, 12 feet.

Automatic Couplers with Side-Unlocking Lever and M. C. B. Standard Draft Spring. Cast Iron Link and Pin Drawbar can be substituted.

Brake Shoes applied to all wheels with hand wheels at side or hand lever at end.

Truck Frame is the Rigid Diamond Arch Bar type with Steel Channel Spring Plank.

Bolsters of Red Fir heavily trussed.

Weight approximately 17,000 pounds per set.

The above Bunk and Chock Blocks are covered by U. S. and Canadian Patents and are manufactured exclusively by Seattle Car & Foundry Co., Seattle, U. S. A.

CODE
"English"

To Couple with Standard Railway Equipment

[High Hercules Logging Truck]
Designed to Couple with Standard Railway Equipment. Two feet, ten inches from Rail to center of Coupler.
MADE IN CAPACITY OF 70,000 LBS. PER SET OF TRUCKS

This cut shows our Class G-2 Truck, No. 125, which is equipped with Hercules Patent Bunk 9 feet long and Knight Patent Chock Block.

Multiple Boring Mill

33-inch Chilled Cast Iron Wheels and Axles with 4½ × 8 inch Journals.

Height from top of Rail to top of Bunk, 4 feet.

Automatic Couplers with Side Unlocking Lever and M. C. B. Standard Draft Springs.

Brake Shoes applied to all wheels with hand wheel at side or lever at end.

Truck Frame is the Rigid Diamond Arch Bar Type with Springs under Bolster and Steel Channel Spring Plank.

Extra heavy Bolster of Red Fir, heavily trussed.

Special Equipment may be same as our Class A-2 Hercules Truck.

Length over all, 12 feet, 0 inches. Weight approximately 18,000 pounds per set.

[HERCULES LOGGING TRUCK]

[List of Parts]

Castings—

FORGINGS—

SPECIALTIES—

LUMBER—

CODE
"A.Y.P."

Brakebeams, Inside or Outside Hung, Optional with Purchaser

Awarded Grand Prize at A. Y. P. Exposition

[All-Steel "Snohomish" Type Logging Truck]
(100,000 POUNDS CAPACITY)

To meet the demand for Trucks of heavier capacity, we are building All-Steel Trucks, which are fully illustrated in the cuts. This design is the result of a careful study of the prevailing practice in the large and up-to-date camps of the Northwest, with the aim of combining simplicity and strength with a minimum dead load. This Truck has been altered slightly to include all the latest improvements in logging truck construction, and was awarded the Grand Prize at the A. Y. P. Exposition.

Wheels, 33-inch Chilled Cast Iron, fitted on M. C. B. Standard Axles with 9 × 5-inch Journals. Automatic Couplers and Twin-Spring Draft Gear with M. C. B. Double-Coil Draft Spring. If desired, Link and Pin Drawbars can be substituted, as our pattern is interchangeable with Automatic Coupler. Journal Boxes are M. C. B. Standard. Bolster Steel Channels reinforced with Steel Cover Plates top and bottom. Draft Sills Steel Channels with Malleable Iron Draft Lugs riveted to same. Bolster and Draft Sills are securely tied together and braced with Steel Plates. Truck Frame of extra heavy Iron Bars, braced at corners with Gusset Plates, making it impossible for the frame to get out of square. Bunks, Hercules Patent with Knight Patent Chock. Bunks are equipped with metal brace as shown in illustration. Castings are of either Steel or Malleable Iron. Brake Shoes are applied to all Wheels and Brake Beams, either inside or outside hung, at purchaser's option. Brake Shaft can be furnished to operate with lever at end or wheel at side. Weight of 100,000-pound capacity Truck, 22,000 pounds. Weight of 80,000-pound capacity Truck, 20,000 pounds. Height to center of Coupler, 2 feet, 6 in., or 2 feet, 9 in. Length over Draft Sills, 9 ft. Length over all, 12 ft.

CODE
"Snohomish"
Number 124

With Steel Bolster and Double I-Beam Hercules Bunk

["Snohomish" Logging Truck]

Universal Milling Machine

This illustrates our 80,000-pound capacity Snohomish Truck, with all Metal Frame and Bolster, but with Fir Draft Timbers. This truck is designed to couple with standard equipment, with a height of 2 feet, 10 inches to center of coupler and 4 feet, 0 inches to top of bunk. The Bolster is built up of two heavy Steel Channels reinforced with steel cover plates top and bottom securely riveted to channels. The Truck is equipped with Hercules Bunk and Knight Chock and is also fitted with Metal Bunk Brace.

The same general remarks apply to this truck as to Snohomish Truck No. 123. The frame is of heavy iron bars and the fir draft timbers have a sectional area of 144 square inches, which offers great resistance to buffing shocks.

Weight per set trucks, of 20,400 pounds.

CODE
"Snohomish"
Number 123

Without Chock Blocks