Progress made in redesign of locomotives to improve their availability by reducing need for repairs; improvements effected in "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" class engines; design features of "Leader" class steam locomotives; use of plastics in baggage cars and other car bodies; reduction in weight of wheel sets.
Locomotive and rolling-stock developments in Great Britain
Mech Eng
Mechanical Engineering ; 72 , n 6
1950
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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