Union Pacific has invested about $750,000 in its Pocatello wheel shop to centralize wheel work for district, and to build up capacity to 200 pairs of 33 in. car wheels per day, including cast iron, cast steel and wrought steel wheels; labor cost for applying new wheels to used axles has been cut from $4.90 to $3. 28 per pair. (See also in Ry Age v 139 n 20 Nov 14 1955 p 58-60)
Wheel shop is highly mechanized
Ry Locomotives Cars
Railway Locomotives and Cars ; 129 , n 12
1955
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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