Passenger coaches of special tubular construction in which high tensile steel was used and welding extensively adopted, built to replace old wooden ones which are being scrapped; axles are hollow bored, realizing saving of 275 kg, and further gain of 96 kg obtained by making walls of journal boxes thinner; lightening of wheel centers and corrugated cast steel in manufacture, saves 320 kg in each vehicle.


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    Title :

    New lightweight suburban coaches for eastern railways of France


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 67 , n 26


    Publication date :

    1937


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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