New Specifications
Length over Platform, 40 feet. Length inside, 33 feet. Length inside Passenger Compartment, 19 feet. Seating Capacity, 24 persons. Length inside Baggage Compartment, 9 feet. Length of Cupola, 5 feet. Equipment includes Stove, Toilet, Lockers, Conductors Valve and Air Gauge, Desk, Automatic Air Brakes and Couplers, Standard Arch Bar Trucks with full Elliptic Springs.
CODE
"Ballast"
Number 127
[Ballast Cars for Standard Track Work]
View of Standard Ballast Car, showing arrangement of Hoppers
The car illustrated herewith is an 80,000 pounds capacity Center Dump Ballast Car with Center Bulkhead. The Doors are operated by Worm Gear so as to control the discharge of the load. The Draft Gear is Standard Tandem Spring Rig with M. C. B. Automatic Couplers.