TUBESILL: HOW CAR CONSTRUCTION CAN BE SPEEDED

The freight car backbone--the center sill--is taking on a new look in a group of 50 multi-purpose open-top hopper cars orderly by the Soo Line from The Maxson Corp. In the cars, the standard Z section sill has given way to a square tube section (called, appropriately, Tubesill) furnished by Welded Tube Company of America.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 147
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars
• Old TRIS Terms: Center sills; Tubesills
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053750
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM