Two-car trains built at Derby works of British Railways; cars are 60 ft 8 in. long over buffers and 2-car unit has accommodation for 16 first class and 114 third class seated passengers; body frame, underframe structure and paneling are of light alloy; each vehicle driven by two 125-hp Leyland horizontal diesel engines connected through torque converter and gearing to one axle on each truck. (See also Engineering v 177 n 4606 May 7 1954 p 601; Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 22 n 251 May 1954 p 8-9; Ry Gaz v 100 n 19 May 7 1954 p 524-6; Diesel Ry Traction v 8 n 266 July 1954 p 157-60)


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    Title :

    Lightweight diesel trains for British railway


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 197 , n 5128


    Publication date :

    1954


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Lightweight diesel trains for British railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Lightweight diesel trains for British railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Lightweight diesel trains for British railway

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