The bolster to solebar weld on one side, and the weld between the solebar and the front headstock on the other side had broken completely. |
Sometimes the door also cuts off main structural components such as the solebar or cantrail. |
The diagonals can be bent slightly at the queen posts to alter the angle and reach before finally fixing the outer ends to the solebar in the desired position. |
The shuttle locomotive body is a conventional stress-skin monocoque structure, with longitudinal members at solebar and cantrail levels. |