Edison film. 1897 railway hopper car dumper in action.
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Uploaded by gianthamsandwich on Mar 11, 2007
This movie dates back to 1897 and shows a hopper car dumping machine in operation, quite incredible.
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notice the lil kid working :p
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Sure they do, but not as cool or fun to watch.
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1897... wow this stuff.. man were smart!
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I agree this is a seriously cool and unique design, but the fact is that modern dumpers commonly handle much higher throughput. Many re designed for 45 second or less cycle time, and with today's 100+ ton coal cars, this equates to something on the order of 8-9000 tons per hour.
Those aren't as funky a motion as this one is, though
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Side dumpers are very common, this is not your average side dumper.
Give me a link to view another rotary dumper like this in use anywhere. I've seen dozens in use in the flesh, this puppy is unique.
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Thay do have dumpers.Just look it up on You Tube.
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At :36 you can see that the side rails of the cars are wood.
rigd49 3 years ago
Yeah, they sure are and at least 2" thick with 4 x 4 bolted bracing up the side. These were replaced and renewed easily as they wore down. This was not possible with steel nor is it today without weakening the "box".
It is of course a fact that modern dump cars do have a far higher cubic capacity and are designed more for purpose than the old type wood gondolas. Yet this device was capable of accepting a wide range of cars as opposed to modern usage which depends on broad similarity of the cars.
gianthamsandwich 3 years ago
Still cool
rigd49 3 years ago
I totally agree.
gianthamsandwich 3 years ago