Life of steel freight car dependent upon several factors, among which are mechanical abrasion and corrosion; Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad ordered 100 hoppers and 100 gondolas to be built using copper-bearing steel in one half body and plain steel in other half of same car; description of cars; service obtained; comparison of loss in thickness of plain open-hearth and copper-bearing steel in similar locations in same cars after 13 years' service. (See also - (discussion) p 129-138; Ry. and Locomotive Eng., vol. 41, no. 6, June 1928, pp. 173-175; also Railroad Herald, vol. 32, no. 7, June 1928, pp. 27-31 and Ry. Age, vol. 84, no. 18, May 5, 1928, pp. 1060-1062, 1 fig)
The use of copper bearing steel in railroad steel freight cars
Ry. Club Pittsburgh -- Proc
Railway Club of Pittsburgh -- Proceedings ; 27 , n 6
1928
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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