Cars being constructed by Drewry Car Co., London; coachwork by Craven' s Railway Carriage and Wagon Co.; car is equipped with automatic gear-changing device; length over headstocks 42 ft.; weight 20 tons; dimensions of trailer car are same, except that weight is only 14 tons; main engine was constructed by Parsons Oil Engine Co. has six cylinders of 4 3/4-in. bore by 6-in. stroke, and develops 115 hp. at normal working speed of 1650 r.p.m.; transmission gearing. (See also Engineer, vol. 152, nos. 3950 Sept. 25, 1931, pp. 320-321, and nos. 3951 Oct. 2, pp. 359-361, 6 figs.; Engineering, vol. 132, nos. 3429 Oct. 2, 1931, pp. 434-436 and nos 3430 Oct. 9, pp. 478-479, 11 figs.; Locomotive, vol. 37, no. 470, Oct. 15, 1931, pp. 329-333, 7 figs.)
Petrol engine driven rail coach
Tramway and Ry. World
Tramway and Railway World ; 70 , n 19
1931
4 pages
13 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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