Type of work done at Chicago shops of Illinois Central is illustrated by notes on two club-observation cars; 80-ft cars were reconstructed at Burnside shops from non-air-conditioned coaches with sound fishbelly underframes and cast steel platforms, which could be modified for application of Type-H tightlock couplers and Waughmat Twin-Cushion draft gears; decorative treatment.


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    Title :

    IC passenger car modernized at Burnside shops


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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