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.
GM portager: New concept in piggyback rail car design
Gen Motors Eng J
General Motors Engineering Journal ; 8 , n 2 ; p 2-15
1961
14 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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