These coaches have been designed for service of difficult character on Kalka-Simla railway; no part of power unit is attached to car itself; engine is of 6-cylinder type with cylinders 5 1/2 in. bore by 6 in. stroke; develops 85 hp. at 1000 r.p.m.; transmission is by coned clutch from engine and shaft, with flexible joints to gear box, thence to reverse box, and from reverse box by silent chains.
Internal-combustion rail motor coaches for India
Ry. Gaz
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 48 , n 4
1928
4 pages
10 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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