First streamline locomotive No. 8768, built at Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad; length of engine and tender 95 ft; weight 337, 850 lb; comparative wind-resistance tests with models of locomotive, tender and one coach, made at wind-tunnel speeds of 100 mph, showed that air resistance was reduced from 896 hp with conventional locomotive to 600 hp with streamliner; smoke-lifting device. (See also - v 100 n 10 Mar 7 1936 p 391-2)
Pennsylvania "streamlines" steam passenger locomotive
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 110 , n 4
1936
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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