143 nondriving motor cars are being constructed by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co, and Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co; 82 existing trailer cars are being converted to driving motor cars by former firm; trains arranged for operation in formations of six or eight cars; driving cabs are provided at both ends of 6-car formation; car body design; lighting equipment; air operated door equipment; new tube car design. (See also Engineering v 168 n 4378 Dec 23 1949 p 671; Ry Gaz v 91 n 26 Dec 23 1949 p 733-5, 737)
Improved rolling stock for London transport
Engineer
Engineer ; 188 , n 4900
1949
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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