. American engineer and railroad journal . Half Longitudinal Section and: Elevation, ■ylitfj-Zr^. Showing Construction of Body ,000 Pounds Capacity Coal Cars-Louisville & Nashville Railway. COMPOSITE HOPPER COAL CARS, 100,000 POUNDSCAPACITY. Louisville & Nashville Railway. Comment upon the influence upon the design of the cars de-veloped and built last year on the Norfolk & Western (Ameri-can Engineer, February, 1901. page 42) has already been madein these columns. These cars, designed by Mr. C. A. Seley,under the direction of Mr. W. H. Lewis, have been very suc-cessful and in every
. American engineer and railroad journal . Half Longitudinal Section and: Elevation, ■ylitfj-Zr^. Showing Construction of Body ,000 Pounds Capacity Coal Cars-Louisville & Nashville Railway. COMPOSITE HOPPER COAL CARS, 100,000 POUNDSCAPACITY. Louisville & Nashville Railway. Comment upon the influence upon the design of the cars de-veloped and built last year on the Norfolk & Western (Ameri-can Engineer, February, 1901. page 42) has already been madein these columns. These cars, designed by Mr. C. A. Seley,under the direction of Mr. W. H. Lewis, have been very suc-cessful and in every way have fulfilled what was expected ofthem. They embody steel underframes and trussed side framesof steel, with wooden hoppers, and the sides are utilized incarrying the loads with the result of securing a paying load of74 per cent., the light weight of one of the cars being but 38,000lbs. It is decidedly pleasing to receive the drawings of cars ofsimilar capacity now being built on similar lines by the Louis-ville & Nashville Railroad at Louisville. The idea of the fram-ing
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