Thanks to everyone for the replies! Does anyone know if this book was ever
availible in hard-back form?
John Degnan
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meldridge2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"The American Railroad Freeight Car" is available from Amazon:
I have it in front of me, and in the chapter on "Cars for General
Merchandise, 1870 to 1899" there is a section called "The Debate Over
Size." Judging from this, in the 1870's a common length was 28 feet
for a 20 ton capacity car. By the end of the century, the common
length was 35 or 36 feet for a 30 ton car. It also has drawings for a
50 ton car with a truss rod frame, 40 feet long, built by Canda. The
Southern Pacific bought 2000 of these 40 foot cars in 1899.
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