Abstract: A method of manufacturing a railroad freight car brake beam strut assembly including the steps of: providing a railroad strut having an elongated slot defined between first and second sides of the strut, with each side of the strut defining a bore opening to the slot and to an exterior of the strut. The bores defined by the strut are aligned relative to each other along an axis. The methodology of the present disclosure further includes the step of: pressing a brake pin bushing into each bore of the strut in a direction extending away from the longitudinal axis of the strut with each brake pin bushing having first and second ends, and wherein a periphery of each bushing has a frusto-conical surface configuration. A railroad freight car strut assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a railroad freight car brake beam strut assembly including the steps of providing a railroad strut having an elongated slot defined between first and second sides of the strut, with each side of the strut defining a bore opening to the slot and to an exterior of the strut. The bores defined by the strut are aligned relative to each other along an axis. The methodology of the present disclosure further includes the step of: pressing a brake pin bushing into each bore of the strut in a direction extending away from the longitudinal axis of the strut with each brake pin bushing having first and second ends, and wherein a periphery of each bushing has a frusto-conical surface configuration. A railroad freight car strut assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a railroad freight car brake beam strut assembly including the steps of: providing a railroad freight car brake beam strut having an axially aligned slot defined between first and second sides of the strut, with each side of the strut defining a bore opening to the slot and to an exterior of the strut, with the bores defined by the strut being aligned relative to each other along an axis extending generally normal to a longitudinal axis of the strut. The methodology of the present disclosure further includes the step of: pressing a brake pin bushing into each bore of the strut in a direction extending away from the longitudinal axis of the strut. A railroad freight car strut assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a railroad freight car brake beam strut assembly including the steps of: providing a railroad freight car brake beam strut having an axially aligned slot defined between first and second sides of the strut, with each side of the strut defining a bore opening to the slot and to an exterior of the strut, with the bores defined by the strut being aligned relative to each other along an axis extending generally normal to a longitudinal axis of the strut. The methodology of the present disclosure further includes the step of: pressing a brake pin bushing into each bore of the strut in a direction extending away from the longitudinal axis of the strut. A railroad freight car strut assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A large number of irrigation system devices connected to a common two-wire cable can be powered and individually controlled from a central location by transmitting over the cable DC pulses of alternating polarity. Control information is conveyed by transmitting a command pulse train consisting of a series of pulses, separated by short no-power intervals, whose polarities indicate logic ones or zeros. Following a command pulse train, a selected watering station decoder acknowledges receipt of instructions by drawing current during a predetermined pulse of an alternating-polarity power pulse cycle, while a sensor decoder returns binary data by drawing current during one or the other of the alternating-polarity pulses of a series of power pulse cycles.