Descriptive specifications; new features include air conditioning equipment, no-glare shadow apron, electric operation of doors'lucite run number sign, etc; 50 cars equipped with Westinghouse No. 1432E motors and 50 with General Electric No. 1220 motors; there are 4 motors per car, each of 300-v type connected two in series for operation on 600 v and provided for motor braking; illustrations given.


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    Title :

    Super P.C.C. cars for St. Louis


    Additional title:

    Mass Transportation


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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