Ventilated Railway Cars for Dairy Produce.
Ordets have been sent lo tho Petono workshops for tho c >nstruciinn of ten ventilated cars for t 1 c carnage of d ury produce over the Napier and New Ply mouth sections. These are to be ready for next season, and every caro has been • nken by Mr EoMieram to eosurn thpi 1 t om v h fitness for the purposes they are mtemied to B"tw«rvij Ttiey will be ordi' a r v loft wag?oi>&, but they will ha^e ■■ n outer and a ) inner -ikiu, and between the two an air space insulated on each side with paper aud felt, so that there will be a free circulation of air between the two skins and the door. The roofs will be constructed in a like manner, and in addition will bo fitted with exhausters to carry oft' any heated air. Each car or waggon will have a carrying capacity of six tons.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 275, 30 March 1894, Page 2
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159Ventilated Railway Cars for Dairy Produce. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 275, 30 March 1894, Page 2
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