New multiple unit cars, built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg Co weigh 81.5 tons without load and seat 120 passengers; outstanding feature is use of ignitron rectifiers to convert alternating current collected from trolley to direct current for operation of d-c traction motors. (See also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 128 n 3 Mar 1954 p 76-80)
New Haven installs ignitron M-U cars
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 136 , n 11
1954
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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