Projects in service and authorized include 15 steam locomotives, 122 Diesel locomotive "A" units, 119 cabooses and 12 wayside stations on 1540 mi of road; large scale program made practicable from economic standpoint by adopting 12-v caboose radio power supplies to reduce cost. (see also Ry Signaling and Communications v 44 n 2 Feb 1951 p 102-4)
1540 miles of radio train communication on Missouri pacific
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 130 , n 4
1951
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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