The American Railway Its Construction Development Management And Appliances
The American Railway Its Construction Development Management And Appliances
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Fig. 42. Early Car on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
sters attached by kingbolts to the cars. The wood was loaded on top of these timbers, as shown in Figure 45. An old car (Fig. 46), which antedated Winans' patent and was used at the Quincy granite quarries for carrying large blocks of stone, was also introduced as evidence for the defendants in that suit. Al- though Winans was not able to establish the validity of his pat- ent on eight-wheeled cars with two trucks, he was undoubtedly one of t...he first to put it into prac- tical form, and did a great deal to introduce the system.
The progress in the construction of cars has been fully as great as in that of locomotives. If the old stage-coach bodies on wheels are compared with a vestibule train of to-day the difference will be very striking. Most of us who are no longer young can recall the days when sleeping-cars were unknown, when a journey from an Eastern city to Chicago meant forty-eight hours or more of sitting erect in a car with thirty or more passengers, and an atmosphere which was fetid.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Fig. 42. Early Car on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
sters attached by kingbolts to the cars. The wood was loaded on top of these timbers, as shown in Figure 45. An old car (Fig. 46), which antedated Winans' patent and was used at the Quincy granite quarries for carrying large blocks of stone, was also introduced as evidence for the defendants in that suit. Al- though Winans was not able to establish the validity of his pat- ent on eight-wheeled cars with two trucks, he was undoubtedly one of t...he first to put it into prac- tical form, and did a great deal to introduce the system.
The progress in the construction of cars has been fully as great as in that of locomotives. If the old stage-coach bodies on wheels are compared with a vestibule train of to-day the difference will be very striking. Most of us who are no longer young can recall the days when sleeping-cars were unknown, when a journey from an Eastern city to Chicago meant forty-eight hours or more of sitting erect in a car with thirty or more passengers, and an atmosphere which was fetid.
What to read after The American Railway Its Construction Development Management And Appliances?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Mcintyre Cooley to read onlineMoreLess
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