Abstract: A latch retaining spring with clip for securely locking a brake shoe on a brake head carrier of a disc brake assembly for railway vehicles. The wire clip includes a coiled loop portion having a first straight leg section extending from one end thereof. A reverse turned portion extending from the other end of the coiled loop portion and terminating in a second straight leg portion. The first straight leg portion is inserted into a through hole formed in one of two lugs carried by the brake head carrier and into an aligned through hole formed in a pivotal latch member. The second straight leg portion inserted into a through hole formed in another of the two lugs carried by the brake head carrier.

Abstract: A brake hanger suspension for suspending and securing a brake hanger between a pair of ears on a truck side frame of a railroad car wherein a pair of retainer blocks, between which the upper portion of the brake hanger extends, are locked together and between the ears by mating formations, and the resulting assembly locked together and in place by a U-shaped key or retainer.