Budd car is 85 ft long and will seat 90 passengers; body is of stainless steel; two generators per car of 10 kw capacity at 800 rpm are mounted on car body adjacent to each Diesel engine; power provided by two 275-hp 2-cycle Diesel engines manufactured by Detroit Diesel Engine Div of General Motors; data on trucks and brakes. (See also Elec Engr and Merchandiser v 27 n 11 Feb 15 1951 p 329-31)


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    Title :

    New diesel rail cars for Commonwealth Railways


    Additional title:

    Commonwealth Engr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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