. American engineer and railroad journal . OURNAL. 30-TON HOPPER COKE CARS. ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. These coke cars were designed by Mr. W. S. Morris, Superin-tendent of Motive Power of the Chesapeake & Ohio, from whomwe have received the drawings. They combine a number ofconveniences and were evidently intended by Mr. Morris toplease everybody who has occasion to use coke. They havehoppers with the usual hopper doors for those who unload ontrestles, and the hopper openings may be closed by large iron The rapid strides that electricity is taking in replacing the
. American engineer and railroad journal . OURNAL. 30-TON HOPPER COKE CARS. ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. These coke cars were designed by Mr. W. S. Morris, Superin-tendent of Motive Power of the Chesapeake & Ohio, from whomwe have received the drawings. They combine a number ofconveniences and were evidently intended by Mr. Morris toplease everybody who has occasion to use coke. They havehoppers with the usual hopper doors for those who unload ontrestles, and the hopper openings may be closed by large iron The rapid strides that electricity is taking in replacing theold style of power transmission by line shafting are no longerexplained by the fact that 10 to 30 per cent, of the coal bill canbe saved by the installation of electric power equipment, asthat saving is now realized to be a comparatively small part ofthe total savings in turning out finished products. This wasvery forcibly emphasized by Mr. Vauclain in a recent meetingof the Franklin Institute, who placed the saving in total 30-Ton Hopper Coke Cars-plate doors 14 ft. 8 ins. long when the load is to be dischargedthrough the sides. In each side there are three doors belowthe belt rail sliding bodily to one side, and above these theslats above the belt rail may be slid to one side or the other,giving ready access to the load. The upper portions of theload may be thrown out over the sides if desired. The side and center sills are 4% by 10ins., the center sillsbeing placed together with two 4 by 10-in. reinforcing sillsoutside of them extending to the headers at the ends of thehopper1 door openings. There are two through truss rods, atthe side sills, and a third short truss rod under the centersills beginning about 3 ft. inside of the bolsters at each is no roof, but the top rails are 3% by 6 ins. tied acrossthe car by 2 by 14-in. carlines, carrying the running length over end sills is 38 ft. 1% ins., the width outside ofbraces 8 ft. 9 ins., and the height
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