Coach designed by W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co, to provide frequent high-speed local service on main or branch lines; when fitted with 95-bhp engine it weighs only 17 1/2 tons in working order; power unit consists of Armstrong-Saurer commercial-vehicle, 6-cyl engine, directly coupled to generator which is bolted to crankcase. (See also Engineering v 136 n 3526 Aug 11 1933 p 152 Diesel Ry Traction (Supp to Ry Gaz) June 16 1933 p 2-3; Gas and Oil Power v 28 n 335 Aug 1933 p 214-6; and Engineer v 156 n 4043 July 7 1933 p 18)


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric streamlined rail coach


    Additional title:

    Locomotive


    Published in:

    Locomotive ; 39 , n 491


    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Diesel-electric streamlined rail coach

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1933


    Diesel-electric streamlined rail coach

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1933