Illustrated description of 70-ton triple hopper cars built of aluminum alloys by American Car and Foundry Co for Missouri Pacific Railroad; weight saving of about 13,000 lb per car, as compared with AAR standard 70-ton steel hopper car, is utilized to increase payload 6 1/2 tons, this being accomplished by adding 39 1/4 in. to length of car and increasing its cubic capacity 240 cu ft; weights and dimensions of car given. (see also Ry Mech Engr v 120 n 2 Feb 1946 p 62-4; Ry Gaz v 85 n 5 Aug 2 1946 p 123-4)


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    Titel :

    Missouri Pacific aluminum hopper cars


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 120 , n 5


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1946


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Missouri Pacific aluminum hopper cars

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1946


    Missouri Pacific aluminum hopper cars

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1946



    Missouri pacific automobile cars

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1925


    Missouri Pacific automobile cars

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