Link-Belt truck-tow system, installed by Southern Pacific at Houston, Tex, freight station, speeds operation, eliminates platform congestion, makes possible one-direction traffic flow, and reduces costs at 160-car freighthouse; facility consists of 2030-ft continuous rivetless chain operating on ball bearing trolleys on 4-in. I-beam; conveyor speed is variable, from 60 to 120 fpm, for capacity of 360 to 720 trailers per hr past given point.


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    Title :

    Overhead conveyor expedites freighthouse operations


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 126 , n 25


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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