Twin rail car unit by D.Wickham and Co, for first class passenger service on Corumba-Santa Cruz section of Brazil-Bolivia Railway; length over headstocks 78 ft 2 in.; width 8 ft 6 in.; height 12 ft; tare weight 29 tons 10 cwt; seating capacity accommodates 68 passengers; inner axles of two outer trucks are driven by BUT Leyland 6-cyl horizontal engines, mounted one on each body; stressed tubular bodies are of all steel; plan. (See also Ry Gaz v 109 n 23 Dec 1958 p 682-3, 685)


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    Title :

    Articulated railcar for Brazil-Bolivia railway


    Additional title:

    Diesel Ry Traction


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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