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A gondola car built by the South Australian Railways in the 1920s to an American Car and Foundry design. In North American railroad terminology, [note 1] a gondola car or gondola is typically an open-topped railroad car used for transporting loose bulk materials, although general freight was also carried in the pre-container era.
Prior to the invention of this type of coil car, coils of sheet metals were carried on-end or in cradles in open or covered gondolas. Load shifting, damage, and awkward loading and unloading were all problems, and since so much sheet metals are railroad-transported, a specialized car was designed for transporting coiled metals.
Car surrendered to equipment trustee, Boston Car Trust, in 1885. [94] Car sold to Coeur d'Alene Railway & Navigation Co. in 1886 (CdAR&N #1 or 2). [95] [96] Purchased by the WP&YR in 1900. Cupola added in 1967. Cupola removed in 1996. 218 Lake Atlin (since 1946) Jackson & Sharp Co. 1881 [97] [98]
National Steel Car has focused on freight car production since the 1960s and was the second largest car builder in 1950s. Boxcar - super duty and jumbo; Coil car - Longitudinal and transverse coil cars; Flat car - including Centre beam cars; Gondola car - including coal car; Hopper car - covered and open top
A rotary car dumper or wagon tippler (UK) is a mechanism used for unloading certain railroad cars such as hopper cars, gondolas or mine cars (tipplers, UK). It holds the rail car to a section of track and then rotates the track and car together to dump out the contents. Used with gondola cars, it is making open hopper cars obsolete.
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The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors suspended mid-air. Video shows gondola rescue after ski lift malfunctions ...
An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employed in a mountainous territory where roads are relatively difficult to build and use, and have seen extensive ...