Combination of one 550-hp gasoline electric motor coach 75 ft long, and four all-steel trailer cars, each 73 ft 6 in. long, on New Orleans Great Northern division operating between New Orleans and Bogalusa and New Orleans and Covington, La; cars built at Philadelphia plant of J. G. Brill Co; each motor car estimated to develop tractive effort of 22,200 lb at 4.5 mph, and when running light has max speed of 60 mph.


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    Title :

    High-powered petrol-electric rail-car train, Gulf, Mobile and Northern R.R.


    Additional title:

    Locomotive



    Publication date :

    1932


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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