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)


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    Title :

    20-ft doors speed lumber loading


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    20-ft doors speed lumber loading

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