. Railway mechanical engineer . Virginian Gondoo Cor of 120 Tons Capacity 120-Ton Cars Now in Service on the Virginian Gross Load Behind Tender Increased from 7,950 to13,200 Tons; First Application of New Six Wheel Truck THE Virginian Railway has recently received fromthe Tressed Steel CarCompany at Pittsburgh, 1,000steel gondola coal cars of 120 tons capacity. Thisequipment is the heaviest in the history of transportation andis notable for two reasons: First, because it is the first in-stance where a large number of cars of such extremely high. Interior of the Car Body. Showing Gusset Side St
. Railway mechanical engineer . Virginian Gondoo Cor of 120 Tons Capacity 120-Ton Cars Now in Service on the Virginian Gross Load Behind Tender Increased from 7,950 to13,200 Tons; First Application of New Six Wheel Truck THE Virginian Railway has recently received fromthe Tressed Steel CarCompany at Pittsburgh, 1,000steel gondola coal cars of 120 tons capacity. Thisequipment is the heaviest in the history of transportation andis notable for two reasons: First, because it is the first in-stance where a large number of cars of such extremely high. Interior of the Car Body. Showing Gusset Side Stakes, Bolsters and Cross Bearers capacity have been placed in service, and, second, because theequipment has been developed especially to meet the operat-ing conditions on the Virginian road. The circumstances that led the Virginian to go from theuse of 55-ton cars to 120-ton cars are worthv of comniii*. Of the total traffic handled by the Virginian, 92 per cent iscoal, moving to tidewater and inland points from mines westof Princeton, West Virginia, the greater portion ofwhichmoves to Sewalls Point pier, 342 miles from Princeton. Theprofile consists principally of slight descending grades; thusthe tonnage that can be handled in a single train is limited over a large part of the line, notby the tractive capacity of the lo-comotive, but by the difficulty ofsecuring proper operation of theair brakes in the handling of longtrains on descending grades toavoid break-in-twos. Since such a large proportion ofthe traffic consists of tidewatercoa
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