Multiple unit cars built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co; each, 57 ft long and 10 ft 4 in. wide accommodates 230 passengers, with seats for 62; sets are made up of one, two, three or four 2-car units; four of cars are aluminum alloy construction; to allow comparative current consumption to be assessed, these cars and four steel cars are fitted with kw-hr consumption meter; BTH control scheme for traction motors. (See also Engineer v 197 n 5119 Mar 5 1954 p 347-8; Ry Gaz v 100 n 2 Jan 8 1954 39-44)


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    Title :

    Electric rolling stock for Toronto subway


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 177 , n 5498


    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Electric rolling stock for Toronto subway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Electric rolling stock for Toronto subway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954



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