. Railway mechanical engineer . r Department HOPPER CAR OF 200,000-LB. CAPACITY Although there are several cases where hopper cars ofgreater than SO tons capacity are in use, the 50-ton car isstill the standard for this type of equipment. Until recentlythe most notable examples of higher capacity equipment werethe 90-ton high side gondola cars which have been in service. it was in service it handled 11,800 tons of coal with norepairs to the car whatever, the only repairs being to airbrake hose. The car is 52 ft. 2 in. long over the striking plates and hasa maximum height of 12 ft. above the ra
. Railway mechanical engineer . r Department HOPPER CAR OF 200,000-LB. CAPACITY Although there are several cases where hopper cars ofgreater than SO tons capacity are in use, the 50-ton car isstill the standard for this type of equipment. Until recentlythe most notable examples of higher capacity equipment werethe 90-ton high side gondola cars which have been in service. it was in service it handled 11,800 tons of coal with norepairs to the car whatever, the only repairs being to airbrake hose. The car is 52 ft. 2 in. long over the striking plates and hasa maximum height of 12 ft. above the rails. It will be notedthat the hopper angle is 40 deg. from the horizontal, this hav-ing been adopted to make the car self-cleaning for ordinary -/o/i Inside Width - Inside Width CM I
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