Body of freight car built for Nyasaland Railways Ltd by Cambrian Wagon and Engineering Co is half of steel and half of aluminum; favorable service experiences in use of aluminum for floor plates, ends, and sides; experimental car will give excellent opportunity to compare wear and weather resisting properties of steel and aluminum. (See also Light Metals v 16 n 189 Dec 1953 p 399)


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    Title :

    Aluminium in railway wagons


    Additional title:

    Metal Industry


    Published in:

    Metal Industry ; 83 , n 26


    Publication date :

    1953


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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