Link-Belt truck-tow system, installed by Southern Pacific at Houston, Tex, freight station, speeds operation, eliminates platform congestion, makes possible one-direction traffic flow, and reduces costs at 160-car freighthouse; facility consists of 2030-ft continuous rivetless chain operating on ball bearing trolleys on 4-in. I-beam; conveyor speed is variable, from 60 to 120 fpm, for capacity of 360 to 720 trailers per hr past given point.


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    Titel :

    Overhead conveyor expedites freighthouse operations


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 126 , n 25


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1949


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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