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Class Number: 105 Class Title: RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK Subclass Subclass Number Title 1.1 STREAMLINE FORM ROLLING STOCK 1.2 .Airlift or ducted 1.3 .Having laterally movable air directly member 1.4 TRAINS 1.5 .Toy or model train 3 .Articulated 4.1 ..Two-car truck 4.2 ...Separable bogie 4.3 ...Truck under first car, second car carried by first 4.4 ...Including wheel steering provision 5 .Nontelescoping 6 ..Bevel ended 7 .One-track passage 8.1 .Vestibule connections 9 ..Cab and tender 10 ..Face-plate expanders 11 ...Pneumatic 12 ...Gravity 13 ...Vertical equalizing 14 ...Top bow spring 15 ..Diaphragms 16 ...Metallic 17 ....Telescopic 18 ...Bellows fold 19 ....Slit plaits 20 ....Fasteners 21 ..Face plates 22 ...Vertical hanger rod 23 ..Curtain releasers 24 ...Trip handles 25 ...Twin jaws 25.1 ..Ventilation 25.2 .Resilient mounting drive connection for shear stress 26.05 LOCOMOTIVES 26.1 .Trackman's-car type 27 .Auxiliary function 28 .Turntables 29.1 .With rack rail engaging drive 29.2 ..Toy or model locomotive 30 .Gripping drivers 31 .Track pushers 32 .Intermittent grip 33 .Driver pick-up 34.1 .Powered bogie 34.2 ..Secondary traction device on locomotive 35 .Generating electric 36 ..Turbine 37 .Steam 38 ..Turbine 39 ..Compound 40 ..Articulated boilers 41 ..Center firebox twinn 42 ..Transverse cylinder 43 ..Boilers 44 ...Saddles 45 ..Superheaters 46 ..Firebox arrangement 47 ..Articulated pipes 48 ..Control 48.1 ..With coal feeding means (e.g., stokers) 48.2 ..And with or convertible to internal combustion engine 48.3 ..And/or electric 49 .Electric 50 ..Battery 51 ...Cell disposal 52 ..Double rotor 53 ..Wheel rotor 54 ..Rotor on axle 55 ...Geared 56 ...Plane field 57 ...Balanced cylindrical field 58 ...Twin fields 59 ..Motor coolers 60 ..Insulation 61 ..Control 61.5 .Gas turbine 62.1 .Internal combustion engine 62.2 ..Water cooled engine 63 .Pneumatic 64.1 ..With pump 64.2 ...Jet propelled 65 ..Storage 66 .Propeller 67 .Spring 68 ..Elliptic 69 ..Coil 70 ..Torsion 71 ..Spiral 72 ..Gravity 72.1 .Inertia drive 72.2 .With land engaging wheel 73 .Traction regulators 74 ..Airplane 75 ..Variable driver load 76 ..Electric 77 ..Electromagnetic 78 ...Wheel or axle 79 .Inside drive boxes 80 ..Lateral motion 81 ..Wedge adjustment 82 .Equalizers 84 .Connecting rods 85 .Drive-wheel turners 86 TRACKMAN'S-CAR DRIVE 87 .Vertical hand lever 88 .Horizontal hand lever 89 .Hand crank 90.1 ..Car pusher 90.2 ...Motorized 91 .Pedal crankk 92 ..On axle 93 .Treadle 94 .Rockable seat 95 .Bicycle conversion 96 WHEEL OR AXLE DRIVE 96.1 .Axle box mounted transmission 96.2 .Fluid transmission 97 .Planetary 98 .Tandem drive 99 .Articulated radial 100 .Epicyclic drive wheels 101 .Belt gear 102 ..To rotor 103 ...Double loop 104 ..To crank shaft 105 .Belt tightener 106 ..Swinging motor 107 ..Sliding motor 108 .Plane gear 109 ..To bevel gear 110 ..To belt 111 ..To pitman and rotor 112 ..Engaging traction wheel 113 ..To rotor 114 ...Engaging traction wheel 115 ..With crank shaft 116 ...Engaging traction wheel 117 .Bevel gear 118 ..To rotor 119 .Worm gear 120 .Pitman to jack shaft 121 ..Geared 122 .Pitman to rotor 123 .Pitman to lever 124 .Pawl and ratchet 125 ..Pawl on axle bracket 126 ...Winding drum 127 .Rack and pinion 128 .One-way friction grip 129 .Flange or axle grip tool 130 .Clutches 131 .Resilient drive 132 .Loose link 132.1 .Torque arms 133 MOTOR PLACEMENT 134 .Cable grip 135 .Opposing torque equalizer 136 .Axle mounting 137 ..Stator casings 138 .Bar supports 139 ..With springs 140 .Boxings and casings 141 MONORAIL 142 .Human balance 143 .Animal draft 144 .With slide guides 145 ..Raised center rail 146 .Overhead guidess 147 .Single top guide 148 SUSPENDED 149 .Car leveler 149.1 .Passenger car; e.g., for skiing 149.2 ..Suspended chair 150 .Single rail 151 ..Cable retainers 152 ..Equalized trolleys 153 ..Under rolls 154 .Inner wheels 155 .Outer wheels 156 .Vertical swivels 157.1 TRUCKS 157.2 .Toy or model truck 158.1 .Modified car 158.2 ..With spring for low floor car 159 .Vehicle carrying 160 .Bunk 160.5 .Lumber 161 .Mining machine 162 .Trackman's car 163.1 .Overhead crane 163.2 ..Skew control 164 .Levelers 165 .Radial 166 ..Six-wheel 167 ..Bogie 168 ...Positive control 169 ..Stub axle 170 ..Caster-wheel type 171 .Lateral motion 172 .Locomotive frames 173 ..Buffer beams 174 ..Swinging bogie 175.1 ..Articulated 176 .Interconnected 177 .Multidirectional 178 .Changeable gauge 179 .Vertical side pivot 180 .Stub axle 181 .Antifriction wheels 182.1 .Bogie 183 ..Eight-wheel 184 ..Maximum traction 185 ..Lateral-motion bolster 186 ...Roller 187 ...Rocker 188 ...Six-wheel 189 ...Center plate 190.1 ...Swinging 190.2 ....Sprung or cushioned bolster 191 ....On column guide 192 ...Span supported 193 ...Bolster damper 194 ..Equalizers 195 ...Six-wheel 196 ..Six-wheel 197.05 ..Sprung bolsterr 197.1 ...Leaf and coil 197.2 ...Spring plankless 198 ...Rocking 198.1 ...Pneumatic spring 198.2 ...Bolster movement dampened by snubber 198.3 ....Hydraulic damping 198.4 ....Snubber biasing spring also supports bolster 198.5 ....Bolster-mounted snubber 198.6 ...Linear torsion spring 198.7 ...Nonmetallic spring or cushion 199.1 ..Body connections 199.2 ...Anti-roll device 199.3 ...Truck side bearing 199.4 ...Truck center bearing 199.5 ...Single axle 200 ..Bolster connections 201 ...Lateral motion 202 ..Combined transom and bolster 203 ...Rocking 204 ..Arch-bar type 205 ...Intergral 206.1 ..Side frames 206.2 ...Welded 207 ..Bolster guides 208 ..Spring planks and transoms 208.1 ...Resiliently mounted transoms 208.2 ...Vertically flexible spring plank or loose connections 209 .Equalizers 210 .Parallel depression 211 .Platform 212 ..Spring 213 ...Side-frame base 214 ....Integral U-yoke 215.1 .Supplemental wheel 215.2 ..Railway/highway truck 216 .Supplemental skids 217 .Safety supports 218.1 .Axle bearing mounting 218.2 ..Axle bearing mounted on pivotal sideframe arms 219 ..Permanent fixture 220 ..Detachable fixture 221.1 ..Releasable enclosure 221.2 ...Key release 222 ..Longitudinally movable 223 ..Rocking 224.05 ..Spring and guide 224.06 ...Spring biased guide or guide follower 224.1 ..Deformable cushions 225 ..Wear plates 226 .Bolster 227 ..Double 228 ..Center-sill connection 229 ..Trussed 230 ..Cast 231 TENDER 232 .Coal feed 233 ..Reciprocatory plunger 234 ..Screww 235 ..Tilting pan 236 .Tanks 237 .Coal bin 238.1 SPECIAL CAR BODIES 238.2 .Toy or model railway car 239 .Dumping 240 ..Motor-operated doors 241.1 ..Moving car dump 241.2 ...Actuated by means external to car 242 ..Suspended 243 ..Convertible flat and hopper bottom 244 ..Gondola drop bottom 245 ...Central ridge 246 ...Rising ridge 247 ..Hopper type 248 ...Multiple hopper 249 ....Facing center chute 250 ...Longitudinal doors 251 ....Center-sill separator 252 ....Side-chute bridge 253 ...Transverse doors 254 ..Inclined bottom 255 ...Opposite doors 256 ...Side-spout gondola 257 ...Shifting 258 ..Side-door gondola 259 ...Plow car 260 ..Coupled side and bottom 261.1 ..Tilting body 261.2 ...End dumping car 262 ...Inwardly dumping section 263 ...Outwardly dumping section 264 ...Rolling tilt 265 ....With motor 266 ....Worm gear 267 ....Screw 268 ...Cam-track tilt 269 ...Side and tilt 270 ...Pivoted 271 ....With motor 272 ....Off center 273 .....Power hoist 274 .....One-side dump 275 ......Horizontal rotary 276 ...Displaceable sides 277 ....Bodily movable 278 ...Body prop and tie 279 ...Aprons and baffles 280 ..Doors 281 ...Interchangeable hinge 282.1 ...Sliding 282.2 ....Having resilient sealing gasket 282.3 ....Driven by rack and pinion 283 ...Offset pivot 284 ...Link swing 285 ...Buffers 286 ..Door actuators 287 ...Serial and selectivee 288 ...Multiple door 289 ....Interconnected 290 .....Links 291 ......With hook 292 .....Chains 293 ...Creeping shaft 294 ....Rack and pinion 295 ....Chain wind 296 ...Crank shaft 297 ....Creeping 298 ....U-crank 299 ...Crank and link 300 ...Chain winder 301 ....Creeping-shaft lock 302 ....Tension lock shifter 303 ....Terminal hook 304 ...Toggle or strut 305 ...Rack and pinion 306 ...Lever or chain 307 ...Screw or worm 308.1 ..Having door latch 308.2 ...Toggle 309 ...Shifting-shaft 310 ...Door actuator operated 310.1 ...Bolt pivoted about axis parallel to door plane 310.2 ...Sliding bolt 311.1 ..Control 311.2 ...Lost motion 312 ...Ratchet-handle 313 ...Shaft lock 314 .Sleeping 315 ..Arrangement 316 ..Berths 317 ...Vertically movable 318 ....With hoist 319 ...Collapsible 320 ...Hammock type 321 ...Hinged 322 ...Seat back and upper 323 ..Partitions 324 ..Curtains and rods 325 ..Article holders 326 ..Ladders and steps 327 .Dining 328 .Merchandising 329.1 .Passenger 330 ..Rolling 331 ..Combined open and closed 332 ..Convertible open and closed 333 ...Vertical sliding panel 334 ....Roof storage 335 ....Drop storage 336 ...Seat-back panel 337 ...Removable sides 338 ...Removable panels 339 ...Spaced sliding doors 340 ..Double deck 341 ..Entrance and exit controll 341.5 ...Turnstile 342 ..Motorman's compartment 343 ..Door arrangement 344 ..Passenger placement 345 ...Seats 346 ....Open car 347 .....End panels 348 ..Emergency exits 349 ...Automatic 350 ..Dust guards 351 ...Car bottom 352 ....With collector 353 ..Storm fronts 354 ..Hand straps 355 .Freight 356 ..Rolling 357 ..Vacuum wall 358 ..Tank 359 ...Combined freight 360 ...Tank form 361 ...Longitudinally slidable 362 ...Saddle and anchors 363 ..Knockdown body 364 ..Mine 365 ..Tubular way 370 ..Convertible deck 371 ...Sectional 372 ....Side hinge 373 ..Tiered crates and slides 374 ..Interior end buffers 375 ..Auxiliary floors 377 ..Removable covers 378 ..Movable side sections 379 ..Extension side walls 380 ..Stakes 381 ...Side folding 382 ...Releasable 383 ....Pocket openers 384 ....Direct detent 385 ....Horizontal slide 386 ....Vertical slide 387 ....Collapsible 388 ....Chain release 389 ...Telescopic 390 ...Pockets 391 ....Folding 392 ..Freight-contacting rollers 392.5 .Shock absorbing 393 .Expansible 394 .Armored and protected 395 .Automatic door lock 396 CAR FRAMING AND STRUCTURE 397 .Passenger 398 ..Depressed side door 399 ..Truss 400 ..Continuous rib 401 ..Metal sheathing 402 ..Endss 403 ...Cast 404 .Freight 405 ..Concrete 406.1 ..Gondola 406.2 ...Drop end door 407 ..Truss 408 ..Timber pockets 409 ..Metal sheathing 410 ...Ends 411 ..Braces 412 ..Shrinkage take-ups 413 .Underframes 414 ..Metallic 415 ...Cast 416 ...Mono-center sill type 417 ...Spread-center sill type 418 ...Longitudinal sills 419 ...Cross bearers 420 .Draft-sill framing 421 .End sills 422 FLOORS 423 LININGS 424 ANTILEAK JOINTS 425 PLATFORMS 426 .Trapdoors 427 ..Operated with gate and step 428 ..Diagonal sectional 429 ..With gate 430 ..With steps 431 ...Convertible 432 ..Actuators 433 ...Lateral shifter 434 ...Spring 435 ..Locks and starters 436 .Side gangway 437 STEPS WITH GATE 438 .Convertible 439 SIDE GUARDS 440 .Single passage 441 ..Seat shifter 442 .Long drop bar 443 STEPS 444 .Electric control 445 .Pneumatic control 446 .Car-movement control 447 .Folding 448 ..Z-fold riser 449 .Slidable 450 .Cover 451 HEATING DEVICES 452 SOUND DEADENERS 453 BODY SUSPENSION AND SPRINGS 454 LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE BODY 455 HORIZONTAL ROTARY 456 CABS 457 RUNNING BOARDS AND RAILS 458 SAFETY BRIDGES 459 .Locomotive and tenderr 460 END FOOTBOARDS 461 GRAB IRONS 462 POLING, ROPING, AND JACKING IRONS 463.1 MISCELLANEOUS