25 40-ton cars built by St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co; use of plywood saves about 6000 lb in weight; dead air space largely used for insulation; car interior well drained for special loading; load limit 81,900 lb; capacity 2416 cu ft; inside length 40 ft 1 1/2 in.; width 8 ft 2 in., and height 7 ft 4 1/2 in.; trucks are 80,000lb capacity, spring-plankless, National Type B, with 5-in. by 9-in. journals.


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    Titel :

    Interesting construction used in plywood refrigerator cars


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 108 , n 8


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1940


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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