Author points out that higher road speeds, new types of motive power and rolling stock, closer limits of accuracy conspire to make existing railroad shop equipment inadequate; according to American Machinist Inventory of Equipment Metal Working Plants published in 1935, railroad repair shops were among worst offenders in keeping obsolete tools in use.


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    Titel :

    Why railroad shops must modernize


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Am Mach


    Beteiligte:
    Condit, K.H. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1937


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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