. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ity and strength to carry fifty-livetons of ballast in the hopper between thetrucks, but has also when converted intotin gondola form, sufficient capacity tocarry fifty-five tons of coal. The dropdoors in the floor for discharging the loadfacilitate very greatly the unloading ofcoal, and the door in the bottom of thehopper for controlling the discharge ofballast saves all the labor expense of dis-tributing the ballast. Both of those fea-tures are combined in one car, making acar having high e
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ity and strength to carry fifty-livetons of ballast in the hopper between thetrucks, but has also when converted intotin gondola form, sufficient capacity tocarry fifty-five tons of coal. The dropdoors in the floor for discharging the loadfacilitate very greatly the unloading ofcoal, and the door in the bottom of thehopper for controlling the discharge ofballast saves all the labor expense of dis-tributing the ballast. Both of those fea-tures are combined in one car, making acar having high efficiency for ballastingduring the summer months, and for coalhandling, and ore carrying, during thewinter. The newer type of car is meet-ing with a measure of favor, and is beingpurchased by such roads as the Chicago& Northwestern, the Illinois Central andthe Denver & Rio Grande, railroads. Convertible cars are built either ofwood, composite material, or all-steelconstruction, for any gauge of track, andfor any capacity from twenty tons up toand including fifty-five tons. \ COALLOADEDHERE.
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