| 词条 | Prosser Twin Cylinder Car Company |
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| name = Prosser Twin Cylinder Car Company | type = | traded_as = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = late 1870s | founder = | defunct = February 26, 1884 | location_city = Chicago | location_country = US | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Rail transport | products = Freight cars | services = | revenue = }} The Prosser Twin Cylinder Car Company was established in the late 1870s at 129 LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, to manufacture the unique Prosser Twin Cylinder Freight Car.[1] While the concept worked well, the railroad industry would in turn reject the concept[2] and the Prosser Twin Cylinder Car Company went out of business on February 26, 1884.[3] Twin Cylinder Freight CarThe Prosser Twin Cylinder freight car was intended to revolutionize the transport of grain by carrying it in two enormous iron cylinders about 8½ feet long and 6½ feet in diameter, each revolving on an axle running through its center, at the ends of which were the journal boxes. Effectively, the car would possess no superstructure, and instead the cargo would be carried inside the car's axles themselves. Steel tires, flanged and fitted to the gauge of track, were put around the cylinders, which served as the wheels of the car.[1] The Westinghouse Air Brake Company developed a system of air brakes specifically for this type of freight car.[4] The prototype car underwent trials on the CB&Q Railroad, making six round trips of 200 miles each, carrying the grain magnificently and supposedly turning it out at the end of each trip one grade better than when it was first loaded. Railroad personnel were satisfied with it, since there was said to be no trouble in passing curves, frogs and switches. In addition, the car required less lubrication than conventional cars, and experienced significantly less rolling resistance due to a lower dead weight and a lower center of gravity. Due to the extremely large wheel diameter, track wear was reduced. Due to its all-iron construction, the car was even supposedly fireproof. Despite all these advantages, the Prosser Twin Cylinder design was eventually deemed too radical, and was never replicated.[2] See also{{Commons category|Rolling stock}}{{Wiktionary|rolling stock}}
References1. ^1 Prosser Twin Cylinder Car Company. Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society. Accessed: 2010-05-30. (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5q7kDFVpy) {{Freight cars}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosser Twin Cylinder Car}}{{US-train-stub}}2. ^1 Some Revolutionizing Inventions That Didn't Revolutionize. Railway and Locomotive Engineering, Volume 25, November 1912, p. 407-409. 3. ^News Notes. The Clinton Morning News, February 29, 1884, p. 3. 4. ^Kirkman, Marshall Monroe. Westinghouse Air Brake. Book I. Supplement to "The Science of Railways". New York: The World Railway Publishing Company, 1904, p. 58. 5 : History of rail transportation in the United States|Freight rolling stock|Rolling stock manufacturers of the United States|Defunct companies based in Chicago|Defunct manufacturing companies of the United States |
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