. Railway mechanical engineer . west in the ranks. Often men are employed to performcertain duties, and perfection is expected when they arewholly unqualified through lack of training to perform suchservice. The entire organization should be continually stud-ied, with a view to detecting certain qualifications whichcould be readily developed to aid in performing effectiveservice. Union Pacific Steel Freight Cars All-StccI Ftquipment of Lb. Capacity forAutomobile Traffic; Box Car I Fas Steel IJnderframe There weii phuiil in service a short time aj^o hy the IliiuiiPacific 4,000 steel uiu
. Railway mechanical engineer . west in the ranks. Often men are employed to performcertain duties, and perfection is expected when they arewholly unqualified through lack of training to perform suchservice. The entire organization should be continually stud-ied, with a view to detecting certain qualifications whichcould be readily developed to aid in performing effectiveservice. Union Pacific Steel Freight Cars All-StccI Ftquipment of Lb. Capacity forAutomobile Traffic; Box Car I Fas Steel IJnderframe There weii phuiil in service a short time aj^o hy the IliiuiiPacific 4,000 steel uiulcrframc box cars, 2,000 of vvhicli werehiiilt by the American Car & I^otnidry Ccim])any, and 2,000 bythe Western Steel Car & Ioundry Company, and 600 all-steel The underframe is of the Iettendorf type, the center sill con-sisting of a 20 in., 112 lb. I-scction girder, while a cast steel bodybolster used. The end sills are 8 in., lb. channels and6 in., 8 lb. channels are used as diagonal braces between the end. Ur Pacific Steel Car for Automobile Traffic automobile cars built by the Western Steel Car & FoundryCompany. AUTOMOBILE C.\RS The automobile cars are of 100,000 11). capacity and weigh 51,900lb. They are 50 ft. 6}i in. long over end sills and are SO ft. sills at the center sill and the body bolster near the side side sills are 9 in., lb. channels and the crossties whichextend between the center sill and the side sill are 8 in., A SA in. by 2,2 in. by % in. angle extends in theform of a bow between points on the center sill just back of the
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