"Pedestal - In old designs of built-up trucks(bogeys)*, a casting of somewhat the form of an inverted letter 'U', bolted to the wheel piece of a truck(bogeys)* frame to hold the journal box in place horizontally, but permitting a vertical movement. The two projections of a pedestal are called pedestal legs, and the space between them a jaw, which is closed at the bottom by a pedestal tie bar. In Great Britain pedestals are called axle guards on cars and horn plates on locomotives. In modern trucks(bogeys)* the pedestals are cast integral with the truck(bogeys)* frame."
* added by me
In the US you find these on 4 wheel cars and wood passenger cars. Below is the old and a photo of a cast modern one.
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