Car has overall length of 89 ft over strikers and maximum weight, when loaded, of 440,000 lb; tank is "double bubble" through its center section and is designed to carry shipments of 200, 000 lb of LPG under pressure or 241,000 lb of anhydrous ammonia; each end of car is mounted on pair of 70 ton 4-wheel roller bearing trucks, over which is span bolster on which body bolster rests and which also carries draft gear and coupler.


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    Titel :

    Largest tank car has 50,000 gallon capacity


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1963


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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