"Beeliners" put into commuter service by New York Central on Boston-Springfield Line; car built like subway car, is of heavy welded stainless steel and 85 ft long; weight 112,800 lb ready to run; designed to run singly or in multiple units up to 150 cars; power plants consist of twin Detroit GM 2-cycle, 6-cyl Diesels, mounted at low angle to crankshaft, on roll out trays, one at each end of car.


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    Title :

    New diesel railcar


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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