Radical departures from conventional practice in car design embodied in new Budd-Micheline light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires; self-propelled vehicle seating 40 passengers weighs only 13,500 lb; body of stainless steel truss construction welded into one solid unit; design and constructional details. (See also Transit J v 76 n 3 Mar 1932 p 112-15; Eng News-Rec v 108 n 9 Mar 3 1932 p 326-7; Ry Elec Engr v 23 n 3 Mar 1932 p 55-7; Traction Shop and Roadway v 5 n 3 Mar 1932 p 61-3; Ry Age v 92 n 10 Mar 5 1932 p 401-4; Ry Mech Engr v 106 n 4 Apr 1932 p 137-41; Ry Gaz v 56 n 18 Apr 29 1932 p 650-2; and Product Eng v 3 n 4 Apr 1932 p 165-7)


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    Title :

    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires


    Additional title:

    Tramway Ry World


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1932


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1932


    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1932


    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1932


    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1932


    Light-weight rail car with pneumatic tires

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1932