Railway and Locomotive Engineering . with satisfaction and railway, probably with opposilclimatic conditions, find the device mostserviceable fur their needs. Thus the con-nector has demonstrated its usefulness inmild and balmy weather, and in the , persistent snows of the Northland. Air Brake F. M. Nellis, Secretary of the Association annoimccs that Mcm-I)hi5. has been selected by the Committee of the 24fh .AnnualConvention of the Association to be 1-4. 1917. Steel Underframe Baggage Cars for theliilercoloiiial Railw
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . with satisfaction and railway, probably with opposilclimatic conditions, find the device mostserviceable fur their needs. Thus the con-nector has demonstrated its usefulness inmild and balmy weather, and in the , persistent snows of the Northland. Air Brake F. M. Nellis, Secretary of the Association annoimccs that Mcm-I)hi5. has been selected by the Committee of the 24fh .AnnualConvention of the Association to be 1-4. 1917. Steel Underframe Baggage Cars for theliilercoloiiial Railway Cars with Doort; Closer than Usual—Steel Trunks L sed —Equipment for the Ocean Limited The intercolonial Railway of Canadahas recently built four steel underfrantebaggage cars at their Moncton, N. B.,shops, where the superintendent of motivepower, our old and valued friend R. Joughins, lives. These cars willbe used on one of the best passengertrains on the road, the Ocean mail cars of the same type are be-. SOLID STEEL TRUCKS. ing built at the shops, which when com-pleted will be used on the same trains. The baggage cars have solid steeltrucks, and are practically the same aswere designed by Mr, R. W. Burnett atthe time that he was master car builderon the Canadian Pacific Railway. Thewheel base of the trucks is ,« ft. The these cars so that they can be stopped inshortest possible distance without skid-ding the wheels. Another feature which may be men-tioned is that the side doors are placedcloser together than usual to permit otthe through baggage or express to beloaded in either end of the car, and thefloors are covered by hard pine or otherhard wood strips, which dispenses withthe fish rack, thus allowing the floor ofthe car to be kept clean and sanitary,especially when the cars are used for fishshipments. .• order to build a larger number otthis type of cars is expected at cars are 64 ft. 8H ins. over thebuffers. Each door is 5 ft.
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