New all-steel dynamometer car built in Como shops, St. Paul, has capacity to measure drawbar pull up to 250,000 lb. and buff up to 1, 250,000 lb.; car is 9 ft. 3 3/8 in. wide by 70 ft. long inside and weighs 168,600 lb.; living accommodations; heating and lighting equipment; dynamometer equipment; selective switch box in cupola. (see also Ry. Mech. Engr., vol. 103, no. 3, Mar. 1929, pp. 126-130, 5 figs. and Ry. Eng. News-Rec., vol. 103, no. 8, Aug. 22, 1929, pp. 304-305, 3 figs)
Northern pacific builds new dynamometer car
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; n 86
1929
4 pages
7 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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