. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nger equipment for use inany passenger train. AH modern safetyappliances for a special type of car are in-stalled, such as air brakes, hand-hold irons,sill steps, etc. This car carries nine con-tainers, each 9 ft. wide by 6 ft. long, withan inside clear height of 7 ft. 4 in. anda door 3 ft. by 6 ft. The containers areas nearly burglar-, fire- and weather-proofas it is possible to make them, with acarrying capacity up to 7,000 lb. Theyhave wood floors and are arranged withfour eyelets or hooks
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nger equipment for use inany passenger train. AH modern safetyappliances for a special type of car are in-stalled, such as air brakes, hand-hold irons,sill steps, etc. This car carries nine con-tainers, each 9 ft. wide by 6 ft. long, withan inside clear height of 7 ft. 4 in. anda door 3 ft. by 6 ft. The containers areas nearly burglar-, fire- and weather-proofas it is possible to make them, with acarrying capacity up to 7,000 lb. Theyhave wood floors and are arranged withfour eyelets or hooks, one at each top out-side corner, for convenient lifting andhandling. The doors are of standard re-frigerator design and are arranged with ahasp and staple for the shippers padlock,also with pin and slot for standard freight-car seal. The steel sides of the car are spaced tosuit the width of the containers, with aclearance of J-2 in. on each side; the con-tainers cannot be made as wide as the caritself because of the various state highway 5d~IQ Lviqfh over Containers. MHLKMi«mindsimW:Z^
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