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 Track and Structures v 52 n 8 Aug 1956 p 30-1)
Machine unloads ties from cars as fast as they are needed
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 141 , n 6
1956
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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