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Train Shed Cyclopedia #75 Cabooses& freight car Construction details 1943 Part 4
Train Shed Cyclopedia #75 - Cabooses and Freight Car Construction Details (Part 4) from the 1943 Car Builders Cyclopedia - 64 full-size pages reprinted from the original edition.
Contents of this issue: Caboose, Class NE - Pictures of : the Missouri Pacific steel caboose car; Missouri Pacific Combination caboose- coach-box car; Missouri Pacific combination Caboose-coach-baggage car; Chicago & Illinois Midland rebuilt caboose car - with plans, show unusual facilities for crew comfort - interior pictures; Pennsylvania caboose or cabin car - Class N5C; Union RR Caboose - with specifications - interior picture. Freight Cars Built by Bethlehem - Straight-line production methods are employed in building hoppers, gondola, ore, flat and box cars of any usual design and size. Freight Equipment Designed and Built in Canada -- Plant facilities also available for building passenger cars and supplying castings, forgings, and pressings. Light-Weight All- Welded Box Car - General American design adaptable to varying requirements - Fusion welded construction by Unionmelt Process. Modern Freight Cars Constructed at Greenville - Up to date facilities manned by personnel skilled in use of new materials and latest shop practice. Freight Car design and Construction at Mt. Vernon - Builders of all types of cars for more than half a century. Typical Examples of Modern Freight Equipment - Cars designed and constructed for all classes of services to AAR Standards or Requirements for special purposes. By Magor Car Corporation. Pullman-Standard Freight Equipment - Elimination of excessive dead weight is vital to economic railroad operation. Four tons lighter than standard cars with no decrease in strength. Freight Cars: Built New; Rebuilt; Repaired - The Ralston Steel Car Company, with plant at Columbus, Ohio, designs and builds cars to stand up under the toughest service, to meet the needs of longer, heavier hauls. USS High Tensile Steels for Freight Car Construction - To reduce dead weight - to decrease maintenance. Freight Car Construction Details - AAR Standard adopted 1920, Revised, 1927, 1934, and 1938. N-A-X High Tensile for Freight Car Construction - New high tensile alloy steel provides high resistance to impact and fatigue both at normal and at extremely low temperatures. All Steel Roofs for House Cars - improved solid steel roof - Murphy welded roof - Roofs for house cars are designed primarily to form a dustproof and waterproof covering to protect the lading. Youngstown Doors and Camel Fixtures for House Cars - Furnish many improvements relating to doors, door fixtures, and weatherproofing of the doors which are incorporated in modern railway house car equipment Youngstown Steel Car Side Units - an economical and quick method of modernizing freight equipment - Wood Construction replaced by All-Steel construction.
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