. The street railway review . as been fully established and recog-nized by the leading railways of the United States during thepast ten years. WTille many Interurban lines have used Rodgeroars with equally satisfactory results, the users being quite asenthusiastic as the steam railway managers as regards theresults obtained, yet owing to the difficulty in handling standardsize cars on short curves In cities, as well as the small mileage 20,000 of which are now In use on all the leading steam rail-ways and many of the large electric Interurban lines throughoutthe United States. The saving of th
. The street railway review . as been fully established and recog-nized by the leading railways of the United States during thepast ten years. WTille many Interurban lines have used Rodgeroars with equally satisfactory results, the users being quite asenthusiastic as the steam railway managers as regards theresults obtained, yet owing to the difficulty in handling standardsize cars on short curves In cities, as well as the small mileage 20,000 of which are now In use on all the leading steam rail-ways and many of the large electric Interurban lines throughoutthe United States. The saving of this system of ballasting amounts to one-halfthe cost of handling ballast with flat cars, and Is so great thatwhen the ordinary amount of ballast Is put under the track, theentire cost of one of these cars Is saved for every mile of trackballasted. After the ballasting Is finished, the cars can be usedfor maintenance work, or can be used as coal cars or cinder cars. Kull Information, speilficatlons, blue prints and details will. under construction, and consequent desire to economize in thecost of rolling stock, there has been hesitation to purchase largecars. To provide a car, which deposits ballast in the center of thetrack and embodies all the valuable features of the standardRodger car available for even the smallest roads, either city,suburban or country, the Rodger Ballast Car Co. has designed thenew type shown herein, and which is substantially the same asthe companys standard car, except that it is not convertible. The illustrations show a side elevation, also a cross sectional ROnilER BALLAST CAR FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYiJ. be cheerfully sent to all interested in dump cars of any type, by addressing the Rodger Ballast Car Co., Railway Exchange, Chi-cago, as the company builds cars with a cubic capacity of from200 to 2,200 cu. ft. and all intermediate sizes. WESCO SUPPLY CO.
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