Two new streamlined 14-car trains, for service between San Francisco, Calif, and Los Angeles, built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg Co, to replace two 12-car trains; cars are hauled by steam locomotives; at articulated connections between cars, 6-wheel drop equalizer type trucks are applied, all other trucks being of 4-wheel triple bolster type; air brake equipment, air conditioning, and electric lighting features described. (See also Ry Age v 108 n 6 Feb 10 1940 p 284-8; Universal Engr v 71 n 5 June 1940 p 22-7)


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    Title :

    Southern pacific installs new daylight trains


    Additional title:

    Storage Battery Power


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Southern pacific installs new daylight trains

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


    Southern pacific installs new daylight trains

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


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