Mechanized cleaning of railroad cars

Metallurgist ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 196-196
Author(s):  
G. P. Chaban ◽  
I. I. Morev ◽  
N. V. Saranchuk ◽  
V. D. Shirenin ◽  
V. M. Nemkin
Keyword(s):  
Mechanized Cleaning ◽  
Railroad Cars

Spirits of Guasti

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Susan Straight
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
The World ◽  
Railroad Cars

There was once a city here in Southern California, a lovely replica and reimagining of a village from the Piedmont area of Italy. Once, it was the center of life for hundreds of families who came from the mountains of southern Italy to work for Secondo Guasti, who picked grapes and made them into wine and packed the barrels onto railroad cars. Secondo Guasti built an entire little world here, with a town named for himself. The surrounding land was planted in vineyards, grapes famous for sacramental wines, communion wines, and a world-famous dark red port. The Italian Vineyard Company was the largest vineyard in the world in 1917, with 5,000 acres of grapevines that produced 5 million gallons of wine a year, vintages that were sent all over the world.

On the corrosion resistance of half-metallic composite brake pads for railroad cars

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Pavlov ◽  
S. P. Kudelnikova ◽  
A. N. Vicharev
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Half Metallic ◽  
Brake Pads ◽  
Metallic Composite ◽  
Railroad Cars

scholarly journals Digging Out and Filling In

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas McIlwraith
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Railroad Cars

A half-million square metres (50 hectares) was brought in to railroad and commercial use at wharfage-level along the Toronto lakefront during the 1850s. This major engineering project involved cutting down the terrace south of Front Street, and this was the source of most of the fill dumped into the Bay. Neither railroad cars nor harbour dredges were capable of delivering the additional material necessary for building anticipated port lands, and many parts of the waterfront remained improperly filled for decades. The land-area that was created should be regarded as a byproduct of short-run, selfish commercial interests, abetted by a City Council that gave only lip-service to the concept of a parklike lakefront.

Analysis of End Hose Elasticity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hoefler ◽  
Brian Bonacum ◽  
Lin Hua
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Brake System ◽  
Rubber Material ◽  
Simulation Testing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Railroad Cars

This paper investigates the relationship between end hose elasticity and the potential amount of energy coupled railroad cars can absorb in charged condition before pull a part force separation occurs. One of the most significant issues with the existing end hose is that it will uncouple after enough force is applied causing a loss of pressure in the brake system. Our initiative to evolve the end hose into a more durable wire braided rubber material from the standard hand wrapped construction has decreased this potential for separation in the field. Simulation testing using end hoses from three manufacturers is studied and compared. Charged hose assemblies were coupled and pulled apart. The results showed one end hose stretched nearly double the distance of the other hoses. Analysis of the resulting data will show that a more elastic hose will allow a train brake system to absorb more energy thus reducing the opportunity for a disconnect while in service.

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