STANDARDISATION OF WAGONS. PART 1: ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF THE USE OF OAK OR PINE FLOORS FOR WAGONS IN CURRENT USE. PART 2: ECONOMIC COMPARISON CONCERNING THE USE OF ROOFS FORMED OF STEEL OR OF WOOD COVERED WITH WATERPROOF FABRIC OR OF LIGHT ALLOY

At the request of the 5th Commission of the UIC, ORE charged the B 12 Specialists Committee with the establishment of economic comparisons between the use: of oak floors and pine floors for each of the types of wagons in current use, of covered wagon roofs formed of steel, or of wood covered with waterproof fabric, or of light alloy.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1965-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economics; Floors; Freight cars; Standardization; Vehicle maintenance; Vehicle roofs
• Old TRIS Terms: Car roofs; Freight car costs; Freight car maintenance; Question b12
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052977
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: B12/RP 12/E Intrm Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM