. American engineer and railroad journal . SPANISH CAR There are at present three shops for the construction ofrailroad cars in Spain, and these are apparently enough —for the .Mmansa-Valencia-Tarragona line—had a secondstory or imperial, and was very similar to the double-storied cars in use on the Paris Suburban lines. Howmany of these double cars were in use could not be ascer-tained, but it was stated that they were very are well adapted to the climate, and it is a little sur-prising that they are not generally used. In building freight cars—usually open trucks—a do
. American engineer and railroad journal . SPANISH CAR There are at present three shops for the construction ofrailroad cars in Spain, and these are apparently enough —for the .Mmansa-Valencia-Tarragona line—had a secondstory or imperial, and was very similar to the double-storied cars in use on the Paris Suburban lines. Howmany of these double cars were in use could not be ascer-tained, but it was stated that they were very are well adapted to the climate, and it is a little sur-prising that they are not generally used. In building freight cars—usually open trucks—a dozenwill be laid down at a time, and the work on all carriedon at once. They are usually built to carry 10,000 kilos.,or about 22,000 lbs. RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION. The Alniansa-Valencia-Tarragona line, referred toabove—which is a line of considerable importance, builtand owned by a company entirely Spanish—has just beenconsolidated with the Ferrocarril del Norte, also , with its headquarters in Madrid. With this. EL PUENTE DEL DIABOLO, NEAR MARTORELLI, SPAIN. for the demand. Two of them are in or near Barcelona,the commercial capital. The most important is that ofthe Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, where locomotivesalso are built ; the shops of that company are at Barce-loneta. The second in rank, which your correspondentvisited, is that of the Sociedad Material para Ferrocarrilesy Construcciones, which has its oftices in Barcelona andits works at the little town of Pueblo-Nuevo, near by. It may be noted here that it is no easy matter to get in-formation in Spain, as all the companies, both railroadand industrial, seem to fear comment and criticism. Inall cases special permission must be obtained to visit orinspect shops, and this is not always readily granted. The Sociedad above named has at its head a rich andaged proprietor, Sr. Manuel Girona. It employs about500 men, and 150 of these are in the car shops. The pas-senger car ihop^fabricd lies cache
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