. American engineer and railroad journal . AUGE RAILRliAl patent pressed steel underframe, the latter being carried at eitherend on the spherical centers of two four-wheel trucks, also of theFox pressed steel pattern. The Leeds Forge Companys patentarrangement of the inside stanchions has been adopted in orderto give the minimum overall dimensions. The cars are arrangedso as to discharge the whole of the contents at the center, andthe doors can be opened and closed from either side of the carby turning the transverse shaft. This shaft carries levers fixedto it which are connected by links to t
. American engineer and railroad journal . AUGE RAILRliAl patent pressed steel underframe, the latter being carried at eitherend on the spherical centers of two four-wheel trucks, also of theFox pressed steel pattern. The Leeds Forge Companys patentarrangement of the inside stanchions has been adopted in orderto give the minimum overall dimensions. The cars are arrangedso as to discharge the whole of the contents at the center, andthe doors can be opened and closed from either side of the carby turning the transverse shaft. This shaft carries levers fixedto it which are connected by links to toggles, the bottom ends ofwhich are attached to the door. These toggles are so arrangedthat when the doors are closed they are in line with each other,and they thus resist any tendency of th-j doors to open throughthe action of the load on the doors, or as a result of switchingoperations. The cars are fitted with an either-side handscrewbrake, applying brakes to all wheels, and are fitted with thebuffer gear common to the C. S. A. States for the year ending June 30, 1909, contains the followinginformation: On June 30, 1909, there was a total single trackmileage of 236,, an increase of over 3,000 miles from theprevious year. The number of railways included in the reportis 2,196. There were 57,212 locomotives in service at that date,an increase of 479 over the previous year. Of these 13,317 arepassenger, 33,935 freight, 8,837 switching, the remainder beingunclassified. The total number of cars of all classes are 2,218,280,or about 13,000 less than the previous year. The average numberof locomotives per thousand miles of line was 243, and of cars9,423. The total number of employees on steam roads was1,502,823, an average of 638 per 100 miles of line. This does notinclude the employees on switching and terminal companies,which are not considered in any of the summaries. The totalcapitalization at par value was $17,487,868,935, representing acapitalization of $59,259
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