All welded, covered, aluminum hopper car built by Marine Industries, used for static, shakeout fatigue, and impact tests conducted by Aluminum Laboratories Ltd, at Kingston, Ont; car has light weight of 32,500 lb, load limit of 136,500 lb and uses Alcan aluminum center sill; center sill withstood impact forces up to 947,000 lb.
Aluminum center sills prove themselves
Ry Locomotives Cars
Railway Locomotives and Cars ; 132 , n 2
1958
Article (Journal)
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