Light weight gondola type railway car

Details Light weight gondola type railway car Light weight gondola type railway car

1984-04-05

1987-01-06

Scherbel, David A.

Railway rolling stock

Car framing and structure

Freight

105418, 105419, B61D 908

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046337873

ABSTRACT:
A light weight, aerodynamically efficient gondola car for hauling bulk cargo, such as coal, ores and grains, has a cargo carrying structure formed of welded aluminum. A side sill member formed of extruded aluminum has side and bottom connective portions which are continuously welded to the sides and bottom respectively, and a strength portion which remains substantially unwelded in assembly to thereby retain its full strength.

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Railway Locomotives and Cars, Gondolas Have Aluminum Bodies, Apr. 1960, pp. 27-29.
Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Seventh Ed., Baumeister & Marks, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975, pp. 5-8 and 5-9.

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