. Railway mechanical engineer . the swing over thecross slide is 9^4 in. The Unit Freight HandHng System THE Trinity Freight Unit—an interchangeable metal con-tainer—designed to carry freight and partially to fa-cilitate its transfer, has been developed by the Riverand Rail Transportation Company, St. Louis, containers are made in a number of different ways forcarrying various kinds of material; with side opening doorsfor package freiglit, with top doors and drop bottom for loosebulk freight, and tanks for carrying liquids. They are de- occurring in the more ordinary methods of
. Railway mechanical engineer . the swing over thecross slide is 9^4 in. The Unit Freight HandHng System THE Trinity Freight Unit—an interchangeable metal con-tainer—designed to carry freight and partially to fa-cilitate its transfer, has been developed by the Riverand Rail Transportation Company, St. Louis, containers are made in a number of different ways forcarrying various kinds of material; with side opening doorsfor package freiglit, with top doors and drop bottom for loosebulk freight, and tanks for carrying liquids. They are de- occurring in the more ordinary methods of handling units are made in capacities of 2 4 tons and 10 tonseach and are proportioned so that five 10-ton units, ortwenty 2J4 ton units, or several units of both capacities, andfor any of the different classes of freight can be carried ona flat car of 50 tons capacity. They are rectangular inform and are substantially constructed of steel plate rigidlyreinforced with angle irons to withstand the strains due to. Trinity Freight Units—Loose Bulk-Freight Type—on a 50-Ton Capacity UnltSystem Flat Car. Method of Handling at Large Terminals signed so that merchandise may be placed in a container at amanufacturing plant, or in a warehouse, the container lockedand sealed, and then transported by motor truck to a rail-road, or to a waterw-ay, where the container and its con-tents are transferred to a flat car, or to a boat, without re-handling the material and without incurring the risk of lossso frequently resulting through theft or from the damage the weight of the contents and the transferring of the unitfrom one vehicle to another. The complete freight handling equipment as developed bythis company includes a specially constructed flat car. Thiscar, however, differs from the ordinary type of flat car nowin on the railroads of the United States only in havingprovision made for clamping the containers to the car so that November, 1920 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGIN
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