Results of tests made on new design of coach having service weight of 16 tons and seating 68 persons; it is driven by engine set which, together with its axle, forms kind of one-axle truck; complete engine set, rigidly connected with driving axle by means of auxiliary frame, is supported at other end in ball and socket joint underneath coach frame in such manner that it can adapt itself as a whole to elastic changes of form of frame without being stressed; engine equipped with 6-cylinder benzol engine of 90 b.hp. at 1000 r. p.m.


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    Title :

    A new railway motor-coach


    Additional title:

    Eng. Progress


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1926


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    German




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