. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Yrobich, phot., Citcirap, Monrolia. TYPE OF FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE, EASTERN SIBERI.\N E.^ Cit. Panchylidcef, phot., Penza. bridge-builders Wealc Draft Gear. The light wooden car is slowly butsurely going out of railroad service. Thisis not altogether because the larger capa-city steel cars are more economical, andhaul more of a revenue load, but becausethe lighter cars are frequently found intrains among the larger cars where theyget a severe squeezing. The light woodenframe cars are hard
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Yrobich, phot., Citcirap, Monrolia. TYPE OF FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE, EASTERN SIBERI.\N E.^ Cit. Panchylidcef, phot., Penza. bridge-builders Wealc Draft Gear. The light wooden car is slowly butsurely going out of railroad service. Thisis not altogether because the larger capa-city steel cars are more economical, andhaul more of a revenue load, but becausethe lighter cars are frequently found intrains among the larger cars where theyget a severe squeezing. The light woodenframe cars are hardly strong enough tostand the bumping and pulling adminis-tered in a long train of heavy capacitycars. The result is that the lighter carsare becoming damaged and sent to repair mund and Windhoek, in German South-west Africa, is in course of year 194 kilometers (120 miles), fromIwakopmund to Karibib, were completedand traffic was opened on that portion afew months ago. After the whole line iscompleted, it is planned that two freighttrains shall be run daily and two passengertrains weekly. Twenty-eight double en-gines and four single engines will be pro-vided for that purpo
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