Streamliners, new "Empire Builders," built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg Co, for Great Northern, and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, are in regular daily service between Chicago, and Seattle -- Portland; equipment includes five 12-car trains drawn by 4000-hp Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives; weights and dimensions; all cars have 4-wheel trucks fitted with Timken roller bearing journals. (See also Ry Mech Engr v 121 n 5 May 1947 p 225-8, 235)
Great Northern gets first postwar transcontinental streamliners
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 122 , n 15
1947
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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