Sheel-Mex and B.P. Ltd 45-ton vehicles with Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (UIC) suspension for light and heavy petroleum products designed for speeds up to 60 mph are featured; cars are constructed on monobloc principle and have butt-welded tanks and all-welded underframes; they are provided with latest AFI type vacuum brake equipment; filling and discharge facilities are by 4-in. bore gunmetal foot valve connected to fabricated double arm branch-pipe fitted with 4-in. Saunders valve; Oleo pneumatic, self-contained buffers with 16-in. diam heads are fitted; tanks are calibrated for heavy fuel oil in addition to bitumen.
Tank wagons for B,R. fast freight services
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 120 , n 23
1964
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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