"TRACKLESS" CAR SHOP

The Safety Railway Service Company at Victoria, Texas has built a car shop without tracks. Instead, the company uses a straddle crane to lift cars off their trucks and place them in the shop. This system allows for greater flexibility in production line programing.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 33
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car shops (Railroads); Maintenance facilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Car shops
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057494
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 1974 12:00AM