Some 400 freight cars being weighed in motion daily by track scale in Georgetown yard near Cadiz; freight cars roll over scale at approximately 3 mph; indicator comes up to weight and weight print is made automatically on ticket; scale is 400,000-lb capacity unit with 75-ft weighbridge.


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    Title :

    How Pennsylvania weighs moving cars with electronic scale


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 132 , n 13 ; p 36-37


    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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