6750 new box cars with aluminum roofs now in service, with 1000 automobile box cars to be built shortly; .081 in. thick Alcan B54S aluminum used for roof sheets and .186 in. Alcan 54S sheet for seam caps; 1200 lb saved over comparable steel roof; history of development of aluminum freight cars in Canada. (p 56, 58, 60, 62, 64)


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    Titel :

    Canadian railroads get aluminum freight cars rolling


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Modern Metals


    Erschienen in:

    Modern Metals ; 13 , n 2


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1957


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Railroads cars of 100,000 pounds freight capacity

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1894


    Will lighter freight cars save money for railroads?

    Stuebing, A.F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1933


    Private freight cars serve both railroads and shippers

    Kramer, L. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1935


    Aluminum cars for Hungarian railroads

    Baranskzy-Job, I. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1965


    FREIGHT RAILROADS

    Online Contents | 2011