Fifty 70-ton cars ordered by New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, and built by American Car and Foundry Co, for transportation of bulk commodities which require protection from elements; length over strikers 35 ft 2 3/4 in.; width oa 10 ft 1 1/2 in.; load limit 158,400 lb; cars carried on Buckeye 4-wheel trucks with Carnegie-Illinois 2-wear steel wheels and 6-in. by 11-in. journals.


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    Title :

    Nickel plate buys covered hopper cars of large capacity


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 108 , n 16


    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Covered hopper cars of high capacity

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