Streamliners, new "Empire Builders," built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg Co, for Great Northern, and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, are in regular daily service between Chicago, and Seattle -- Portland; equipment includes five 12-car trains drawn by 4000-hp Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives; weights and dimensions; all cars have 4-wheel trucks fitted with Timken roller bearing journals. (See also Ry Mech Engr v 121 n 5 May 1947 p 225-8, 235)


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    Titel :

    Great Northern gets first postwar transcontinental streamliners


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 122 , n 15


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1947


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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