Plans are to build at Canadian National Rys. Transcona Shops, this year, 300 light weight, overhead tank type, refrigerators cars, each of which compared with present cars, will effect weight saving of nearly 4 tons, and will afford considerable increase in load copacity; length over striker castings 41 ft 11 3/4 in.; width over sheathing 9 ft 9 1/4 in.; constructional details; ice tanks in car have capacity of 7334 lb; tanks are suspended below ceiling on tank car lines.


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    Title :

    C.N.R. new refrigerator cars


    Additional title:

    Can Transportation



    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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