Gasoline rail-cars for branches of trunk-line railroads and for short-line roads have been the subject of much discussion since 1920. Mechanical officers of interested railroads, the engineers of companies building highway motor-trucks and others specializing on this subject have now developed designs to meet the different service requirements. Several hundred cars of various types have been built and are in service. The railroad with which the author is connected has in operation or on order 24 cars.Consideration of several principal factors of design is necessary if a selection is to result in obtaining equipment suitable for the particular service requirements of the carrier and if the knowledge accruing from the engineering development and operating experience of the past several years is to be of value. Important factors include: The author has endeavored to give as much information from his own experience on these subjects as possible to help those railroad men and automotive engineers actively interested in rail-cars to reach conclusions as to the best design.Gasoline rail-cars for branches of trunk-line railroads and for short-line roads have been the subject of much discussion since 1920. Mechanical officers of interested railroads, the engineers of companies building highway motor-trucks and others specializing on this subject have now developed designs to meet the different service requirements. Several hundred cars of various types have been built and are in service. The railroad with which the author is connected has in operation or on order 24 cars.Consideration of several principal factors of design is necessary if a selection is to result in obtaining equipment suitable for the particular service requirements of the carrier and if the knowledge accruing from the engineering development and operating experience of the past several years is to be of value. Important factors include: The author has endeavored to give as much information from his own experience on these subjects as possible to help those railroad men and automotive engineers actively interested in rail-cars to reach conclusions as to the best design.


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    Title :

    THE GASOLINE RAILROAD-CAR FOR BRANCH LINES1


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    BEAN, W L (author)

    Conference:

    Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906



    Publication date :

    1924-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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