A self-lubricating center plate assembly liner for placement between a car
body center plate and a truck bolster bowl of a center plate assembly in a
railroad car, wherein the liner is configured to substantially mate with
the center plates and includes a body having a glass-filled urethane
load-bearing portion and a plurality of carbon filled urethane
compressible conductive resilient members which extend through, above and
below the load-bearing portion to provide electrical continuity between
the plate and bowl in the center plate assembly.
