. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ruggled into the day-light, the prediction was made that itwould soon oust the horse. Yet forgenerations we have been familiar with for a few minutes, the modest trolleycar came out of the barn, with thetall chimneys of the electric powerhouse as a background. It was some-what longer and heavier than the oldhorse car but it had more straps foryou to hang on by, and horse, bicycleand locomotive were told of the writingon the wall which the Belteshazerpress alone could, and did, intepiet toIts
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ruggled into the day-light, the prediction was made that itwould soon oust the horse. Yet forgenerations we have been familiar with for a few minutes, the modest trolleycar came out of the barn, with thetall chimneys of the electric powerhouse as a background. It was some-what longer and heavier than the oldhorse car but it had more straps foryou to hang on by, and horse, bicycleand locomotive were told of the writingon the wall which the Belteshazerpress alone could, and did, intepiet toIts own satisfaction. Finally the electric locomotive cameforth, and the We-told-you-so pressrequested the steam locomotive to getwell in to clear on the side track beforeit got smashed, or advised it to exam-ine the scrap heap for a soft place tofall. But the steam locomotive puffedon up the main line with a good sizedtrain on a long haul, and is expectedto keep on doing it for several weeksto come. We do not say that improve-ments cannot come which will alter ex-isting conditions, but we do say that. SIDE DUMP ORE CAR OF LBS. CAPACITY. ments in order that the body may havesome sort of cross bracing inside, asthe series of four doors along eachside does not give the car any lateralstiffness. What may be called thecoping, or portion above the door, isone solid side piece, to which the par-titions are fastened. The doors may be opened all togetheror one at a time. Each door is equippedwith an air cylinder, the operation ofwhich does the work of opening andclosing the doors. The total door open-ing when all four are lifted is, length14 ft. 6 ins., and width 3 ft. The deadweight of the car body is 27,860 lbs.,while that of the trucks is 15,340 lbs.,thus giving a tare of 43,200 lbs. Themaximum load is 110,000 lbs. These figures are interesting, as theyshow that ratio of paying load to deadweight hauled is per cent. This isone of the advantages possessed by allthe family of
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