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 Ry Mech Engr v 110 n 4 Apr 1936 p 135-6)


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    Title :

    Pennsylvania "streamlines" steam passenger locomotive


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 100 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1936


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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