New tie unloading machine and converted gondola type cars used on Central of Georgia; unloader, developed by Railway Maintenance Corp, Pittsburgh, travels on four small flanged wheels on rails running length of cars, and crosses from one car to another on removable connecting rails; ties are expelled from either side of cars, which are adapted from 40 ft flat cars and fitted with welded steel sides. (See also Ry Age v 141 n 6 Aug 6 1956 p 42-3)
Machine unloads ties from cars as fast as they are needed
Ry Track Structures
Railway Track and Structures ; 52 , n 8
1956
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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