. Electric railway journal . Loading Small Containers IntoLarger One 950 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 22. traction company, a distance of 6 miles, and then istransferred to an electric freight car and shipped overthe line at one cost to the shipper. The transferring ofthe containers from the trucks to the freight cars orvice versa can be done in five minutes. The lifting is. Placing a Container in Position on a Freight Car done by overhead cranes at the receiving station and atthe terminal. These cranes have a hoisting capacity of 10 tons andare electrically operated with the exceptio
. Electric railway journal . Loading Small Containers IntoLarger One 950 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 22. traction company, a distance of 6 miles, and then istransferred to an electric freight car and shipped overthe line at one cost to the shipper. The transferring ofthe containers from the trucks to the freight cars orvice versa can be done in five minutes. The lifting is. Placing a Container in Position on a Freight Car done by overhead cranes at the receiving station and atthe terminal. These cranes have a hoisting capacity of 10 tons andare electrically operated with the exception of the onelocated at the terminal, which has a hand order to place two containers on the freight car atone time it was necessary to cut the cars in the middleand lengthen them 12 ft. Trailers are also used tohaul freight to a designated point, where they are puton a siding and the freight distributed to points sur-rounding the station. The containers are furnished by the Cincinnati MotorTerminal Company, which also does the hauling. Theymeasure 17 ft. 6 in. long, 7 ft. 6 In. wide and 7 ft. addition to the large containers, which are of 5 tonscapacity, there are several small containers of whichsix can be placed in one large container. Each one ofthe small containers has approximately 152 ofspace. They are made of wood with hinged end at
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