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; Engineer v 197 n 5128 May 7 1954 p 690; Ry Gaz v 100 n 19 May 7 1954 p 524-6; Diesel Ry Traction v 8 n 266 July 1954 p 157-60)
Lightweight diesel trains for British railway
Oil Engine Gas Turbine
Oil Engine and Gas Turbine ; 22 , n 251
1954
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Lightweight diesel trains for British railway
Engineering Index Backfile | 1954
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