Data on first non-test run of General Motors "idea train," Astra Dome, on Monon; train consists of coach, sleeper, diner, and observation-lounge car; main feature is "Astra Dome" elevated observation space; train is hauled by 2000-hp Diesel electric locomotive. Description of train given in article indexed in Engineering Index 1945 p. 179, from issue of Aug 4 1945. (see also Diesel Ry Traction (Supp to Ry Gaz) n 184 Sept 1947 p 167-9)
"Train of tomorrow"
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 122 , n 22 ; p 1110-1111
1947
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947
General motors presents "train of tomorrow"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947
General motors presents "train of tomorrow"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947
Gröna Tåget - Green Train - Train for tomorrow´s traveller
IuD Bahn | 2011
|General motors presents "train of tomorrow"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947