St.Louis-San Francisco is currently converting 600 wood box cars built in 1930 into like number of steel cars; all wooden sides and floors are being removed from 50-ton cars, sides being replaced with 12-gage steel panels welded in place with 1 1/2 in. wood inner lining; increase in weight is 1200 lb; shops at Springfield, Mo, are turning out two cars per day with force of 45 men. (See also Ry Age v 134 n 17 Apr 27 1953 p 23)


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    Titel :

    Frisco improves 600 box cars


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1953


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Frisco improves 600 box cars

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