. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thAmerica. This is the first all-steel passenger equipmentinstalled on South American Railways. Representatives of the car company went to Brazil toobtain information in regard to the railways require-ments for passenger equipment cars. The standards ofthe railroad up to that time had been all wood cars andsome cars having steel underframes and wood super- and is gradually changing to the exclusive use of auto-matic couplers as used in this country. \ acuutn brakes of European manufacture are
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thAmerica. This is the first all-steel passenger equipmentinstalled on South American Railways. Representatives of the car company went to Brazil toobtain information in regard to the railways require-ments for passenger equipment cars. The standards ofthe railroad up to that time had been all wood cars andsome cars having steel underframes and wood super- and is gradually changing to the exclusive use of auto-matic couplers as used in this country. \ acuutn brakes of European manufacture are providedand the foundation rigging is so arranged that automaticair brakes of similar type to that used in this countrymay later be applied with the least possible change indetails. The coaches and parlor cars are 70 in. long overbody corner post and 79 ft. 5ji in. over buffer first-class coaches have a seating capacity of 80,second-class coaches 98 and the parlor cars 18 in themain compartment and 6 each in a reserved compartmentat one end of car and a smoking compartment at the. First Ail-Steel Passenger Train Shipped to South America Leaving Plant of the American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick. Pa. structures built principally by Europe. The progressivemanagement of the Railroad, after consultation with theA. C. F. engineers, decided to purchase all steel equip-ment so as to reduce to a minimum accidents from wrecksand fires and consequent loss of life, which hazards arealways present with the use of wooden cars. Subsequently, the Paulista Railway Company placedan order for 7 first-class coaches; 6 second-class coaches;3 parlor cars; 2 dining cars; 2 mail cars and 2 baggagecars. These cars were built at the Berwick, Pa., worksof the American Car and Foundry Company and thetrain complete was run to the companys yards at Wil-mington, Del., whence it was shipped for Brazil. The cars are of all-steel construction throughout andconform in all essential constru
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