Specifications of Standard Ballast Car (or Gondola)
The other illustration is of a car of 60,000 pounds capacity Center Dump Ballast with the ordinary Winding Shaft and Ratchet to operate the Doors. The special feature of this car is the Radical Draft Gear fitted with a Standard Automatic Coupler, as the car is operated around a curve of 35 foot radius, and the Center Bearing is a Ball-bearing mounted on Hemispherical Center which greatly reduces Flange wear on curves. The Wheels are Griffin "F. C. S." Street Car type Flange and Tread. The arrangement of the Hoppers is such as to confine the Dump within the rails, which prevents waste of gravel, etc. A number of these cars are in actual service and giving good satisfaction.
The prices of these cars have been made so reasonable as to place it within reach of all. Send for quotations.
CODE
"Gondol"
Number 149
[Steel Frame Gondola Car]
80,000 Pounds Capacity
The above illustration shows a 40-ton, side dump coal car, typical of those delivered by us to the Puget Sound Electric Ry. for use on their principal and subsidiary lines.
These cars have proved very satisfactory in service, being strongly constructed and built in a careful, workmanlike manner.