Identifier: railwaylibrary07thom (find matches)
Title: The railway library
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Thompson, Slason, 1849-1935
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Gunthorp-Warren Print. Co.
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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inal companies. fExclusive of 40,109 cars for which complete returns were not secured, a condition which did notrecur subsequently, though in each year a number are excluded for incomplete returns. For 1915 the returns to this Bureau show 1,060,690 box cars;141,595 flat cars; 929,433 coal cars and 56,197 refrigerator cars. 348 The Railway Library Some idea of the rush for equipment started in response to theboom in traffic in the fall of 1915 may be had from a comparisonaf the car orders for the six months ending February 29, 1916, asfollows: 1915-16 1914-15 September.October...November.December.January...February.. 5,125 500 24,680 2,775 32,300 1,050 15,023 1,325 30,300 3,300 12,650 4,255 Total 6 mos. 120,078 13,205 The contrast is no less impressive when it is considered that thesmall orders of 1914-15 were at purchasers prices, with promptdelivery, while the heavy orders of 1915-16 are at manufacturersprices, with delayed deliveries. The Worlds Mightiest Electric Freight Locomotive
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Length, 112 feet 8 inches. Weight, 284 tons. Used to haultrains over the Rockies from Harlowton, Mont., to Avery, Idaho.Electricity generated by water power. Equipment of Foreign Railways. It may be of interest to compare the foregoing facts relatingto the equipment of American railways with the correspondingdata for foreign railways, so far as it can be ascertained, as follows: Statistics of American Railways 349 Summary Showing the Number of Locomotives, PassengerCars and Freight Cars of the Principal Countries of theWorld. Locomotives CARS Passenger Service Freight Service United Kingdom, 1913 Germany, 1913 France, 1911 Russia, 1910 Austria, 1912 Hungary. 1912 Italy, 1913 Spain, 1912 Belgium, 1912 Netherlands, 1914 Denmark, 1914 Sweden, 1912 Norway, 1914 Switzerland, 1913 Roumania, 1914 Bulgaria, 1912 Serbia, 1911 Canada, 1914 British India, 1914 Australia, 1915 New Zealand, 1914 British South Africa, 1914 Argentina Japan, 1914 Total Twenty-four CountriesUnited States 24,718 29,520

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