Railway and Locomotive Engineering . eported to theInterstate Commerce Commission for themonth. On May 5, the published reportsshowing the net revenue for 181 of theprincipal carriers of the United States rep-resenting more than 220,000 miles of rail-roads, for the month of March will be inexcess of $28,000,000. For the month ofFebruary of the present year this samenumber of railroads showed a deficit of$7,000,000. and for January a deficit ofmore than $3,000,000. 134 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING May, 1921 Early Cars of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad By J. SNOWDEN BELL No. 4. Eight Wheel
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . eported to theInterstate Commerce Commission for themonth. On May 5, the published reportsshowing the net revenue for 181 of theprincipal carriers of the United States rep-resenting more than 220,000 miles of rail-roads, for the month of March will be inexcess of $28,000,000. For the month ofFebruary of the present year this samenumber of railroads showed a deficit of$7,000,000. and for January a deficit ofmore than $3,000,000. 134 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING May, 1921 Early Cars of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad By J. SNOWDEN BELL No. 4. Eight Wheel Wooden Box Car,1856. The earliest representation of a Balti-more & Ohio eight-wheel freight car are not figured on the blue print, but ac-cording to its scale, the car body was 24feet long. 8 feet wide and 6 feet 2 incheshigh at centre. The length between coupler After stating that the England coupler?efifects the coupling of the cars withoutthe danger of accident now existing to thehand or arm of an attendant, and calling. DETAILS OF FREIGHT CAR FOR THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, 1856 which the writer has been able to develop,which is probably the earliest in exist-ence, is that shown in B. & O. blue print0262, No. 14, 68, Case R, which is entitledFreight car for Bait. & Ohio Railroad,as arranged Aug., 1856. Scale 1 in. 1 ft.,and bears the autographed inscription,Henry Tyson, M. of Mchy., Aug. 18, was at that time the standard wood-en box car of the road. The construction of the car is ver\-clearlv shown in longitudinal section, side
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