Two-car self propelled train built by American Car and Foundry Co, to operate between Chicago and Waterloo, Iowa; leading car is 72-passenger car; rear car is buffet coach; designed to 100,000-lb buffing load required by railway mail service for trains; light weight at rails between 125,000 and 300,000 lb; powered by three 225-hp Waukesha-Hesselman oil burning engines, two on leading car and one on rear car.


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    Title :

    Illinois Central's "land o' corn"


    Additional title:

    Ry Elec Engr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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