Special cars, built by Schenectady works of General Electric Co; each car, except for trucks and span bolsters, is of arc-welded construction throughout and contained load is carried in gas-tight tank which is part of car structure; weighs 142,700 lb and capacity is 260,000 lb. (See also Ry Elec Engr v 24 n 1 Jan 1933 p 3-5)


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    Title :

    Gas-tight, all-welded transformer cars


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Contributors:
    Bloch, O.M. (author)

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 94 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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