. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Fig. 49—Cane Car, Drop Side Doors often called the Hawaiian type. A similar car is used inLouisiana but the sides are usually made verticl. Thesecars are generally designed for a capacity of from two to six. Fig. 50—Cane Car, Top Unloading tons and are ordinarily loaded about twice as high as thesides. For top unloading the side stakes are usually rigidly at-tached at the bottom. Top side rails stiffen the car and givea bette
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Fig. 49—Cane Car, Drop Side Doors often called the Hawaiian type. A similar car is used inLouisiana but the sides are usually made verticl. Thesecars are generally designed for a capacity of from two to six. Fig. 50—Cane Car, Top Unloading tons and are ordinarily loaded about twice as high as thesides. For top unloading the side stakes are usually rigidly at-tached at the bottom. Top side rails stiffen the car and givea better support for the stakes but are somewhat in the waywhen loading. If chain slings are employed floor cleats are 608 INDUSTRIAL RAIL TRANSPORTATION nsed. Such cars are known as the Cuban type and are? largely used in conjunction with narrow gage portable rail-roads for bringing in the cane from the fields to a pointwhere it is transferred to large double-truck cars. They-generally have a short wheel-base for greater ease in passingaround curves, and are commonly hauled by animal powerbut small locomotives are sometimes used. Where cars are unloaded, as well as loaded, by hand, endstakes can be substituted for the sheathed end upright, andin very level sections even end stakes are omitted and thecars are loaded at the ends. Another type of car which is employed wher
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