. Railway mechanical engineer . 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. End Elevation and Cross Sections of the Woodward Iron Companys 100-Ton Car on the Norfolk & Western since the latter part of 1912. Acar of 100 tons rated capa
. Railway mechanical engineer . 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. End Elevation and Cross Sections of the Woodward Iron Companys 100-Ton Car on the Norfolk & Western since the latter part of 1912. Acar of 100 tons rated capacity, however, has been built forthe Woodward Iron Company, Woodward, Ala., by the run-of-mine coal. The use of this angle limits the length ofthe hopper at the top to 46 ft. 4 in., the use of the space ateither end over the outside wheels of the six-wheel truck be-
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