. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . terial J4 in. thick for the lower sectionsand 3/16 in. thick for the upper, and when the sectionsare in place the inside faces are flush with the outside facesof the corner jx)Sts. The simplicity of the constructionof this end ought to appeal to the car repairer. Not onlyare the individual sections easily removed and replaced,but the channel form is so open and accessible that itlends itself readily to straightening with the tools ordi-narily available at the refxiir tracks. New Equipment Ord
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . terial J4 in. thick for the lower sectionsand 3/16 in. thick for the upper, and when the sectionsare in place the inside faces are flush with the outside facesof the corner jx)Sts. The simplicity of the constructionof this end ought to appeal to the car repairer. Not onlyare the individual sections easily removed and replaced,but the channel form is so open and accessible that itlends itself readily to straightening with the tools ordi-narily available at the refxiir tracks. New Equipment Orders for Erie R. R. Orders for new equipment reaching an approximate to-tal of $6,.SOO,000 has lieen announced by Franklin G. Rob-bins, vice-president in charge of Chicago Region of theErie Railroad. Mr. Robbins has also reported the closingof contracts for the rebuilding of 4,450 box cars, 1,000gondola cars and 100 refrigerator cars. The new rolling stock on Erie requisition placed withvarious car building concerns, includes: 1,000 70-ton gon-dolas to be built by the Yonngstown Steel Car Company ;. ^.JL l^JA^-h^.H^a. _^ia»VJJlA-.^!.)U ^.<!^-W^» .KySrg Elevation, Section and Plan of Hutchins Channel Steel Car End 1,000 70-ton gondolas, to be built by the Standard SteelCar Company; 1,000 40-ton box cars to be built by thePressed Steel Car Company ; 1,000 40-ton automobile carsto be built by the Standard Steel Car Company. The car rebuilding contracts have been placed as fol-lows: 1,000 gondola cars. Standard Steel Car Company;100 refrigerator cars. Standard Steel Car Company; 450box cars, Illinois Car Company; 1,000 box cars BuffaloSteel Car Company; 1,000 box cars, Youngstown SteelCar Company; l,O0O box cars Standard Tank Car Com-pany; 1,000 box cars Standard Steel Car Company. Westinghouse Motor Renders Long Service Still in use daily after 27 consecutive years of servicein the Sacramento, Cal., shop of the Southern PacificRailroad, is the remarkable
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