DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE QUICK-DROP SELF-CLEARING OPEN-TOP HOPPER CARS

The railroad and carbuilder cooperated in development of a specialized open-top car for handling coal and ore, taking into account granular material characteristics, bin design, material behavior under different weather conditions, compaction and car geometry. Gate design was particularly critical and prototype cars displayed problems which had not been anticipated. When other problems developed in production cars, inspections and statistical studies were made of impact speeds, car-handling techniques, use of car shakers and dimensional variations. It was developed that periodic maintenance would be necessary to assure the availability and productivity for which these cars were designed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This is a paper from the proceedings of the 11th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1974. Other individual papers from this conference have been accessioned separately for RRIS. The following is a list of the RRIS numbers of these papers preceded by its section number as it is contained in the bulletin: 03 097308, 03 097309, 13 097310, 04 097311, 03 097312, 03 097313, 04 097314, 03 097315, 03 097316, 03 097317, 03 097318. The entire proceedings 03 097307 has also been accessioned. All of these are contained in Bulletin 7502.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

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• Authors:
  • Rousseau, G L
• Conference:
  • This is a paper from the proceedings of the 11th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1974. Other individual papers from this conference have been accessioned separately for RRIS
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 6-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Coal; Coal industry; Cold weather; Freezing; Freight cars; Freight traffic; Hopper cars; Iron ores; Operations; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance
• Identifier Terms: Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Car design; Freight car maintenance
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097319
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM