Seaboard rebuilt 40 ft box car to make it possible to handle lumber with work lift truck; doors are placed diagonally across from each other, giving access to half of car; on initial run car carried 25, 000 board ft of 16 ft kiln dried dressed pine packaged in units weighing from 3300 to 7260 lb; loading and unloading time reduced by 36 man hr. (See also Ry Age v 140 n 15 Apr 9 1956 p 38)
20-ft doors speed lumber loading
Ry Locomotives Cars
Railway Locomotives and Cars ; 130 , n 6
1956
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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