6601

Updated: June 30, 2025

These are at present employed in one of the greatest undertakings of the age, namely, the cutting of the Panama Canal, where there are used upward of 2,700 such wagons, and more than 35 miles of track. A mile of these rails of 20 in. gauge with 14 lb. rails, together with sixteen wagons of 18 cubic feet capacity, with appurtenances, costs about 6601., and represents a total weight of 33 tons.

Various - Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884