Eight motor trailer car combinations, designed for multiple unit operation from 11,000-v single phase, 25-cycle, a-c overhead trolley wire, being manufactured by American Car and Foundry Co; trailer cars are being converted by company from steam passenger coaches furnished by railroad; motor cars will weigh about 150,000 lb complete; they are 72 ft, 11 1/2 in. long, and seat 86 passengers; trailers seat 88; each unit will consist of motor car, powered with four traction motors, and semipermanently coupled trailer car.
Reading adds cars to M.U. fleet
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 123 , n 2
1949
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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