RAILROAD--COAL, AGGREGATE AND ORE CARS--YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Railroad handling of bulk materials such as coal, sand, gravel, and ore has recently been studied by engineers to maximize efficiencies offered by this mode of materials handling. The author describes details of novel rail car designs that assure longer in-service time between repairs and maximize the users' return on investment. Associated facilities that match the capabilities of such cars are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Joint Materials Handling Conference, Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 23-25 September 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Manufacturing Engineers

  20501 Ford Road
  Dearborn, MI  United States  48128
• Authors:
  • Keniston, H E
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Bulk cargo handling; Coal; Coal industry; Freight traffic; Hopper cars; Iron ores; Unit trains; Unloading facilities; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: MS75-640
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM