6750 new box cars with aluminum roofs now in service, with 1000 automobile box cars to be built shortly; .081 in. thick Alcan B54S aluminum used for roof sheets and .186 in. Alcan 54S sheet for seam caps; 1200 lb saved over comparable steel roof; history of development of aluminum freight cars in Canada. (p 56, 58, 60, 62, 64)


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    Title :

    Canadian railroads get aluminum freight cars rolling


    Additional title:

    Modern Metals


    Published in:

    Modern Metals ; 13 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1957


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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