Description
Specifications of Association of American
Railroads promulgated by its Purchases and Materials Management
Division (Revised ***3)
(2) Axles,
Steel.Solid
car and/or locomotive friction bearing, 8 inch diameter and under
(free of axles with key-way between wheel seats, no axles of
shorter lengths than distance between wheel seats to be
included).
(2A) Axles,
Steel.Solid
car and/or locomotive friction bearing over 8 inch diameter (free
of axles with key-way between wheel seats, no axles of shorter
length than distance between wheel seats to be
included).
(3) Axles,
Steel.Roller
bearing 8 inch diameter and under (no axles of shorter lengths than
distance between wheel seats to be included).
(3A) Axles,
Steel.Roller
bearing over 8 inch diameter (no axles of shorter length than
distance between wheel seats to be included).
(4) Spikes, Track Bolts and Nuts, and Lock
Washers, may include Rail Anchors.
(5) Tie
Plates.Steel.
(6) Rail Joints, Angle and/or Splice
Bars.Steel.
(9) Bolsters and/or Truck Sides, Frames:
Uncut.Cast steel.
(*1) Cast Steel, No.
2.Steel
castings, over *8 inches wide and/or over 5 feet
long.
(*1A) Cast Steel, No.
1.Steel
castings, *8 inches and under, not over 5 feet long, including cut
truck side frames and bolsters.
(*2) Cast Iron, No.
1.Cast
iron scrap, such as columns, pipes, plates,and/or castings of
miscellaneous nature, but free from stove plates, brake shoes, and
burnt scrap. Must be cupola size, not over *4 inches x *0 inches in
dimensions and no piece to weigh over **0 pounds. Must be free from
foreign material.
(*3) Cast Iron, No.
2.Pieces
weighing over **0 pounds, but not more than **0 pounds. Free from
burnt cast.
(*4) Cast Iron, No.
3.Pieces
weighing over **0 pounds; includes cylinders,driving wheel centers
and/or all other castings. (Free from hammer blocks or
bases.)
(*5) Cast Iron, No.
4.Burnt
cast iron scrap, such as grate bars, stove parts and/or
miscellaneous burnt scrap.
(*6) Cast Iron Brake
Shoes.Brakes
shoes of all types except compositionfilled
shoes.
(*7) Couplers and/or
Knuckles.Railroad car and/or locomotive steel
couplers,knuckles and/or locks stripped clean of all other
attachments.
(*8) Frogs and/or Switches,
uncut.Steel
frogs and switches that have not been cut apart, exclusive of
manganese.
(*8A) Railbound Manganese Frogs and Switch
Points with manganese inserts that have not been cut
apart.
(*3)
Malleable.Malleable parts of automobiles, railroad cars,
locomotive and/or miscellaneous malleable
castings.
(*4) Melting Steel, Railroad No.
1.Clean
wrought iron or steel scrap,1/4 inch and over in thickness, not
over *8 inches in width, and not over 5 feet in length. May include
pipe ends and material 1/8 inch to ¼ inch in thickness,not over *5
inches x *5 inches. Individual pieces cut so as to lie reasonably
flat in charging box.
(*7) Rail, Steel No.
1.Standard section tee rails, original weight *0
pounds per yard or heavier, *0 feet long and over. Suitable for
rerolling into bars and shapes. Free from bent and twisted rails,
frog, switch, and guard rails, or rails with split heads and broken
flanges. Continuous welded rail may be included provided no weld is
over 9 inches from the end of the piece of rail.
(*8A) Rail, Steel No. 2 Cropped Rail
Ends.Standard section, original weight of *0 pounds
per yard and over, *8 inches long and under.
(*8B) Rail, Steel No. 2 Cropped Rail
Ends.Standard section, original weight of *0 pounds
per yard and over, 2 feet long and under.
(*8C) Rail, Steel No. 2 Cropped Rail
Ends.Standard section, original weight *0 pounds per
yard and over, 3 feet long and under.
(*9) Rail, Steel No.
3.Standard section tee, girder, and/or guard
rails, to be free from frog and switch rails not cut apart, and
contain no manganese,cast, welds, or attachments of any kind except
angle bars. Free from concrete,dirt, and foreign material of any
kind.
(*0) Sheet Scrap, No.
1.Under
3/*6 inch thick, may include hoops, band iron and/or steel, scoops
and/or shovels (free of wood). Must be free from burnt or metal
coated material, cushion, or other similar
springs.
(*1) Sheet Scrap, No.
2.Galvanized or tinned material and/or gas
retorts,and/or any other iron or steel material not other-wise
classified.
(*2) Steel,
Tool.(Specify kind in offering.)
(*3) Steel,
Manganese.All
kinds of manganese, rail, guard rails, frogs and/or switch points,
cut or uncut.
(*4) Steel,
Spring.Coil
and/or elliptical, minimum thickness 1/4 inch may be assembled or
cut apart.
(*4A) Steel,
Spring.Coil
only.
(*5) Structural, Wrought Iron and/or Steel
Uncut.All
steel or steel mixed with iron from bridges, structures and/or
equipment that has not been cut apart, may include uncut bolsters,
brakebeams, steel trucks, underframes,channel bars, steel bridge
plates, frog and/or crossing plates and/or other steel of similar
character.
(*6) Tires.All
locomotive, not cut to specified lengths.
(*8) Turnings. No.
1.Heavy
turnings from wrought iron and/or steel railroad axles or heavy
forgings and/or rail chips, to weigh not less than *5 pounds per
cubic foot. Free from dirt or other foreign material of any kind.
Alloy steel scrap may be excluded from these specifications by
mutual agreement between buyer and seller.
(*8A) Turnings, Drillings and/or Borings. No.
2.Cast,
wrought, steel and/or malleable iron borings, turnings and/or
drillings mixed with other metals.
(*0) Wheels, No.
1.Cast
iron car wheels.
(*2) Wheels, No.
3.Solid
cast steel, forged, pressed and/or rolled steel car and/or
locomotive wheels, not over *2 inches diameter. (Specify kind in
offering.)
(*5) Destroyed Steel
Cars.Bodies
of steel cars cut apart sufficiently to load. (Specify
kind.)
(*5A) Destroyed Steel Car Sides and Box Car
Roofs.Cut to
a maximum length of... and a maximum width of... suitable for use
in super presses and shears without additional
preparation.
