ALUMINUM GONDOLA FOR CANADIAN COAL

A round-bottom, 4700-cu-ft gondola with an aluminum-alloy body weighing 15,000 lb is going into unit-coal-train service in western Canada. It was completed recently at the plant of Procor Ltd. at Oakville, Ont., and represents a cooperative development with engineers of Alcan Canada Products.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 146
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Freight cars; Gondola cars
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047459
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM