. Railway mechanical engineer . Wide Sill Spacing Permits the Application of Two Westinghouse N-12-A Draft Gears prevailing on the Virginian Railway can be judged by the 120-ton cars, but no extensive tests have been made so farcomparison of this equipment with the 55-ton cars. The because of adverse weather conditions. It has been demon-new cars, with a capacity of 240,000 lb., weigh 78,900 lb., strated, however, by actual test that the gross load behind themaking the ratio of load to dead weight per cent. The tender in these trains averages 13,200 tons, compared with 166 RAILWAY MECHANI
. Railway mechanical engineer . Wide Sill Spacing Permits the Application of Two Westinghouse N-12-A Draft Gears prevailing on the Virginian Railway can be judged by the 120-ton cars, but no extensive tests have been made so farcomparison of this equipment with the 55-ton cars. The because of adverse weather conditions. It has been demon-new cars, with a capacity of 240,000 lb., weigh 78,900 lb., strated, however, by actual test that the gross load behind themaking the ratio of load to dead weight per cent. The tender in these trains averages 13,200 tons, compared with 166 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 95. No. 3 ■\/-\/ 11014339 **,S. I i^, ^ ■ \>l f- 1 j lr p •fel a 1I ct ! ° 1 •O ffPj/oiJOt? -it TF1
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