RailPictures.Net Photo: CN 87989 Canadian National Railway Boxcar at Temple, Texas by Steve Patterson

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» Canadian National Railway (more..)
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» Unknown
» Temple, Texas, USA (more..)
» October 31, 1969

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To show switching crews as well as shippers and customers how damaging coupling impacts at higher speeds can be, Canadian National rebuilt a 40-ft. box car with plexiglass and equipped with a big needle meter to show speed at impact. One could also observe shifting of the load inside. The car was demonstrating on the AT&SF at Temple, Texas on Oct. 31, 1969.

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