RAILROAD PROGRESS IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF BULK MATERIALS

In the last decade the railroads have been making tremendous strides in the development of services for the handling of bulk materials, the equipment for handling them, and the efficiency of handling which resulted in lower costs to shippers. Pressure differential cars, giant tank cars and covered hopper cars, high capacity transloaders, and unit trains have led to substantial advances in expeditious, efficient, and economic handling of bulk materials.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Mining, Mettalurgy & Petroleum Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Hamilton, R S
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 106-112
• Serial:
  • AIME Transactions of the Society of Mineral Eng
  • Volume: 252
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Institute of Mining, Mettalurgy & Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Bulk cargo handling; Covered hopper cars; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Bulk materials
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046758
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1976 12:00AM