Installation in Pennsylvania Railroad Truck-Train Terminal, Chicago, Ill, provides illumination for backing trailer trucks onto flatcars, for positioning retractable trailer hitches, and for fastening trailers to flatcars; facility consists of three pairs of tracks and three loading ramps; overall length is 750 ft with overall width of 120 ft; yard is lighted by three rows consisting of 51 luminaires, each equipped with 400-w lamps, and mounted on 2-in. pipe poles, 8 ft above platform, on 45-ft centers, in lines, staggered down length of ramps; 5 ft-c are provided on flatcars, trucks, trailer hitches and supports; lighting data sheet.
Lighting flatcar truck-trailer facility
Illum Eng
Illuminating Engineering ; 60 , n 3
1965
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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