The Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad was an electric railway running between the cities in its corporate title. It had passenger cars as shown in the figure, which weighed 104.4 kip, had 32-ft, 8-in truck centers, 7-ft-wheelbase trucks, and a coupled length of 55 ft, 3 ¼ in. Consider the case of a single car on a 100-ft-long, simply supported deck plate girder bridge.
(a) What was the largest bending moment in the bridge?
(b) Where on the bridge was the moment located?
(c) What was the position of the car on the bridge?
(d) Under which axle is the bending moment?