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)


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    Title :

    New Haven installs ignitron M-U cars


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 136 , n 11


    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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