Two 6-car de luxe daylight trains, built of strong aluminum alloys, by American Car and Foundry Co, for service between St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha, seat 230 persons each, weigh 596,980 lb and are hauled by 2000-hp Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive; two head end cars are 72 ft 10 in. long and other four cars are 84 ft 6 in. long over coupler pulling faces. (See also Ry Age v 108 n 8 Feb 24 1940 p 353-63; Ry Mech Engr v 114 n 3 Mar 1940 p 87-93 and 108; Can Transportation May 1940 p 221-3)
Missouri pacific gets aluminum streamliners from A.C.F.
Ry Elec Engr
Railway Electrical Engineer ; 31 , n 4
1940
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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