THE USE OF HYDRAULIC DRAFT GEARS IN TRAILER TRAIN COMPANY

The factors that influenced the decision to install hydraulic draft gears on automobile rack cars are examined. This form of car cushioning was chosen over cushioned center sills because of lower initial costs, lower maintenance and applications costs, and acceptable cushioning performance.

• Corporate Authors:

  Symington Wayne Corporation

  2 Main Street
  Depew, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Taylor, A O
• Publication Date: 1965-9-23

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 52-55
• Serial:
  • Engineering Interchange for Railroad Advancement

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile rack cars; Costs; Cushioning materials; Economics; Freight cars; Gears; Maintenance management; Railroad cars; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Draft gears; Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Cushioning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037724
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Proc
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM