Record Name | Ans_05373-2116 |
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Photographer | Unbekannt |
Dating | 1/1899 |
Caption | Cheseapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Class G-5 with a train of box cars, built in 1896, by Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works (predecessor of Alco). The freight train consists of sixty loaded 30-ton cars. Train length without locomotive and tender: 680 m, total weight with locomotive and tender: 2650 t. Average C&O freight rate: 0.20 pence per ton and mile. The advertising picture was provided by the European representative of Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works in London. Original description: Types of best American Railway Practice No. 2, reprinted from an instantaneous photograph made in January 1899 |
Caption (German) | Cheseapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Class G-5 mit Zug aus gedeckten Güterwagen (Box Cars), Baujahr 1896, von Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works (Vorgänger von Alco). Der Güterzug besteht aus sechzig beladenen 30-Tonnen-Wagen. Zuglänge ohne Lokomotive und Tender: 680 m, Gesamtgewicht mit Lokomotive und Tender: 2650 t. Durchschnittlicher Frachttarif der C&O: 0,20 Pence pro Tonne und Meile. Das Werbebild wurde von der europäischen Vertretung der Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works in London zur Verfügung gestellt. Originalbeschreibung: Types of best American Railway Practice No. 2, reprinted from an instantaneous photograph made in January 1899 |
Physical description | Druck |
Format | Spezialmass |
Special size | 19,4 x 25 cm |
Colour | schwarz/weiss |
Orientation | Querformat |
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License | Public Domain Mark |
Copyright notice | ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-2116 / Public Domain Mark |
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