Illinois Central effects saving by efficient operation of car-retarder installation; gravity yard equipped with electrically operated car retarders; car-retarder installation by General Railway Signal Co.; yard is equipped with three-section mechanical hump; operating methods and results.


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    Title :

    Yard costs cut 17 per cent


    Additional title:

    Railway Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 84 , n 18


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    4 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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