Air-conditioned dining-and-kitchen cars built to order of Deutsche Schlaf und Speiswagen Gesellschaft are featured; length over buffers is 90 ft 4 in. and body length 89 ft 3 in. with body width of 9 ft 2 in. and height from rail to roof of 13 ft 4 in.; coaches are generally fitted with block brakes, and thus equipped are limited to 140 km/hr top speed; truck design permits addition of electromagnetic rail brakes to any vehicles which are to be put into trains running up to top permissible speeds of 150 to 160 km/hr; dining accommodation is in two saloons with swing door between.


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    Title :

    Air-conditioned dining cars


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 122 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1966


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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