Features of Southern 9000 cu ft open top hopper car; 85,000-lb aluminum car designated Southern 100 is designed expressly for unit-train service for hauling coal; car has eight single-axle trucks on which it rides, new type disk brakes, fast-action bottom discharge doors, newly designed articulated connections, and plastic air piping; articulated units, semipermanently coupled, have transoms at ends to permit uninterrupted loading as car moves past. (see also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 139 n 10 Sept 1965 p 29-31, 46)
Shippers view 260-ton car; next will be tests
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 159 , n 12
1965
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Shippers view 260-ton car; next will be tests
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