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Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ringsup the question whether the equalizer isnecessary on the smooth tracks of the presentday. Doubts of this are expressed by menwho are in a position to demonstrate thefacts, and there is good reason to expect in-teresting developments. It is important toknow whether the smooth-riding qualities ofthe heavy Pullman car cannot be obtained ina combination of a lighter car and improvedspring rigging. In a list of Pullman cars onthe Burlington road there are five weighing124,000 lbs. each and four weighing 120,000lbs. each. Other roads have, perhaps, asmany. What this means will be clearly un-derstood if these nine cars should happen tobe put in the same train. It would weigh 550tons behind the tender, without baggage,mail or express cars. These weights have ap-parently increased to the extent mentionedwithout having attracted much attention. (To be continued.) The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern hasordered 80 steel ballast cars of 100,000 poundscapacity from the Pressed Steel Car Co.
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NOVEMBER, 1900. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAIL.ROAD JOURNAL. 339 STEEL FLAT CARS, 100,000 POUNDS CAPACITY. HARD, TOUGH STEEL BEST FOR RAILS. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Pressed Steel Car Company, Builders. This road has found flat cars of 50 tons capacity very con-venient in shipping heavy machinery, narrow-gauge locomo-tives and other heavy objects which cannot be convenientlyloaded into box or gondola cars. About two years ago 10 steelcars were built and the demand for them has necessitatedthe building of 10 more of this capacity. The accompanyingengravings illustrate the construction and indicate the designof the underfraniing and the manner of securing the woodendecking. The cars were built by the Pressed Steel Car Com-pany, using pressed steel parts exclusively, except for theplank deck and stringers. They were built to the followinggeneral dimensions: Length over end sills 35 ft. 6 in. Width over stake pockets 10 ft. Width over side sills 9 ft. 2% in. Width over wo

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