General American plans thorough testing of its 96-ft experimental unit with drop-center tank which has been put into service as " rolling laboratory" operating at different speeds over variety of roadbeds; car has no center sill; buff and draft forces are transmitted through tank which consists of 111-in. ID cylindrical sections at each end extending to inboard of bolsters; tank's center section consists of two 111-in. ID semicircular shells jointed by straight plates 50 1/2 in. high; height of center portion of tank is more than 13 ft; tank is 89 ft 4 7/8 in. between bend lines and 94 ft 3/8 in. inside heads. (see also Ry Age v 159 n 16 Oct 25 1965 p 24-5)


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    Titel :

    Record capacity for tank car -- 60,000 gallons


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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    Record capacity for tank car -- 60,000 gallons

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1965



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