UT CONVERTS TO ROLLER BEARINGS

In seven steps, wheelsets that have solid bearings are being converted to roller bearings in Union Tank Car Company's new $1 million conversion facility in East Chicago, Ind. Opened in April in a new building which it shares with the tank car builder and lessor's new research and development center, the 720,000-sq-ft conversion line is currently turning out 90 carsets of wheelset conversions a week. The new facility was constructed to enable Union Tank to comply with the AAR ruling that calls for all 6-1/2-in. x 12-in. journals or larger (on cars with 100-ton capacity or larger) to have roller bearings by the end of 1972. An estimated 13,000 cars are affected by this ruling.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 145
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Freight cars; Roller bearings
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047464
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM