Arrangement of Union Pacific 2764 car flat switching yard in Kansas City, which is designed to expedite eastbound traffic and features track layout centered around mechanized icing facilities; 200 car capacity icing platform is equipped with mechanical icing and salting machines and 3-mi ice conveyor system; other features are communication systems, pneumatic tube network, and power switches with remote controlled interlocking signals.


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    Title :

    Quick handling for perishables


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 137 , n 13


    Publication date :

    1954


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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