. American engineer and railroad journal . SlMif bpaet fin Tru k Sp i- > ■■! Dtftoll Sun-lir-1 (iujjo Trick Siora^ 5|>ici tor tflntabcd Tnicki, A»-^ n , f——* ■» A-tt> —-A: - - ■ i*-——^ o-—^^-r-Ai ---7-i- - »A—^=^Tj|-„irTff--v4 S-4 :loie£ Uithvl of CurjlojCua. tlOMbj TroMtjaou 1 Drain. To IncuuatK LM;i Repairing SteeliFreight York Central *: Hudson! River Railway. may, 1902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 151. Pneumatic Dolly Bar. Now York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Used in Repairing Steel Cars and Trucks. SHOP FOR REPAIR


. American engineer and railroad journal . SlMif bpaet fin Tru k Sp i- > ■■! Dtftoll Sun-lir-1 (iujjo Trick Siora^ 5|>ici tor tflntabcd Tnicki, A»-^ n , f——* ■» A-tt> —-A: - - ■ i*-——^ o-—^^-r-Ai ---7-i- - »A—^=^Tj|-„irTff--v4 S-4 :loie£ Uithvl of CurjlojCua. tlOMbj TroMtjaou 1 Drain. To IncuuatK LM;i Repairing SteeliFreight York Central *: Hudson! River Railway. may, 1902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 151. Pneumatic Dolly Bar. Now York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Used in Repairing Steel Cars and Trucks. SHOP FOR REPAIRING STEEL FREIGHT CAR TRUCKS. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Steel freight trucks requiring repairs on the New York Cen-tral Railroad are all sent to East Buffalo, where a convenientshop has been equipped with special facilities for dealing withthem. This shop is 150 ft. long by 27 ft. wide, and is equippedwith two traveling cranes running the full length of the build-ing, the cranes being fitted with pneumatic chain hoists, whichpermit of holding the trucks in any desired position for rivet-ing. The present output of this shop is 60 trucks per a cost of $ for labor and $ for material, or $ pertruck, including all labor and material from the arrival of thetrucks until they are stored ready for use again. This costhas been reduced from an average of $26 per truck, the ex-pense necessitated by tne previous method of sending thetru


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