Study at Canadian Pacific Railway Co showed that side loading piggyback rail cars afforded advantages over end loading types in use; General Motors Diesel Ltd engineers designed 2 test prototype cars to meet CPR requirements; cars were tested for structural stability, impact resistance, and ride qualities; 2 production prototype cars are now accumulating railroad mileage to evaluate reliability; results indicate that design provides definite benefits to piggyback rail operations.


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    Title :

    GM portager: New concept in piggyback rail car design


    Additional title:

    Gen Motors Eng J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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