Train Shed Cyclopedia #86 Motor Cars & Passenger Construction Details 1943 Part

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Train Shed Cyclopedia #86 Motor Cars & Passenger Construction Details 1943 Part
 
Train Shed Cyclopedia #86  Motor Cars & Passenger Construction Details (Part 8) from the 1943 Car Builders Cyclopedia  64 Full-size pages reprinted from the original edition

Contents of this issue - Motor Cars and Trains - Self-Propelled; Internal-Combustion, Steam, Electric; The use of Diesel and Electric motor cars is quite extensive in interurban service and in densely populated districts where smoke and other features of steam operation are objectionable, and also on branch lines of steam railways where light traffic makes steam train operation uneconomical. Motor Trains: C.B.& Q. General Pershing Zephyr; Pictures & Diagrams. Motor Trains: Southern RR "Vulcan".   Pictures and Diagrams. Motor Trains: "Flying Yankee" - interior and exterior pictures.   Motorailers and Trailers Built by ACF - Equipment designed and built for maximum operating economy in passenger service, where traffic is light. A further advantage of using this type of equipment is its distinctly modern appearance which is of definite value in the creation of a favorable attitude on the part of the traveling public. Includes floor plans, interior and exterior pictures. Motor Cars: Diesel-Electric.   Axless trucks feature New Design of Rail Car-Important advantages result from patented tandem mounting of wheels - Individual motor drives wheels on each side of each truck. Motor Cars: Electric - Pictures and interior layouts. General Electric Equipment for Multiple-unit Motor Cars - General Electric Equipment for Streamline Trains - The experience of General Electric in developing and perfecting electric-drive equipment covers a period of more than 35 years, during which large numbers of rail cars, locomotives, buses and streamline trains have been supplied with electric transmission equipment. Special USS Steels - for building light-weight passenger cars. Passenger Car Construction and Equipment - Cars are of many different types and vary considerably in design due to the various kinds of traffic to be handled. N-A-X High Tensile for Passenger Car Construction - A low alloy steel with exceptionally high impact and fatigue resistance - Suitable for plates and pressed structural members.   "Sharonsteel" Stainless for Passenger Car Construction - Sharonart Process of polishing makes this metal suitable also for dining, lounge, and kitchen car service equipment. Commonwealth Cast Steel Platforms and End Frame Castings - Strong integral construction insures safety and reduces passenger car maintenance expense.   Gustin-Bacon Fiberglas Insulations for Passenger Cars - The Modern Thermal -Acoustical -Electrical - Train Pipe and Duct Insulating Material for Today's Luxury Trains.



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