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A housing for a railroad car draft gear is disclosed. The draft gear housing has an axially elongated tubular portion comprised of layers. At least one of the layers of the draft gear housing is formed from a filament wound structure or composite material, and an additional layer may be steel.

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A housing for a railroad car draft gear is disclosed. The draft gear housing has an axially elongated tubular portion comprised of layers. At least one of the layers of the draft gear housing is formed from a filament wound structure or composite material, and an additional layer may be steel. lie a

A housing for a railroad car draft gear is disclosed. The draft gear housing has an axially elongated tubular portion comprised of layers. At least one of the layers of the draft gear housing is formed from a filament wound structure or composite material, and an additional layer may be steel. lie at an inclined angle relative to said bottom section. 8. A wire chafing stand as defined in claim 2 wherein each of the upright segments of said wire legs lie substantially perpendicular to said bottom section. 9. A wire chafing stand as defined in claim 1 wherein said wire rods form only a single depressed portion of substantial length in the direction parallel to the longitudinal side of the rim sufficient to hold at least two chafing fuel heaters in said single depressed portion. 10. A wire chafing stand as defined in claim 1 wherein said wire rods form at least two depressed portions adjacent one another for holding individual chafing heaters in each of the depressed portions. 11. A wire chafing stand comprising a rim wire steel which forms a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a given surface area and at least two wire legs for supporting said stand at opposite ends thereof with each wire leg having upright sections terminating at a free end affixed to said rim with an offset adjacent each free end to facilitate the nesting of a multiplicity of stands into one another without significant wedging and further comprising a wire connecting assembly for supporting a plurality of chafing fuel heaters with the wire connecting assembly including wire rods extending longitudinally and containing at least one depressed portion for forming a holder for chafing fuel heaters and straight wire rod members lying parallel to said wire rods opposite said depressed portion(s) for supporting the chafing fuel heaters in the depressed portion(s).