Passenger-train cars for "Abraham Lincoln", one of two new high-speed trains, completed at St. Charles, Mo, plant of American Car and Foundry Co, comprises eight cars, and is built of U.S.S. Cor-Ten steel; weight 780,800 lb; each 8-car train is 557 ft 10 in. long, with seating capacity of 283; trucks are of A.C.F. light-weight, single-equalizer, 4-wheel type. (See also Ry Age v 98 n 18 May 4 1935 p 671-80)


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    Title :

    Baltimore and Ohio light-weight passenger trains


    Additional title:

    Ry Mech Engr


    Published in:

    Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 109 , n 5 ; p 171-175


    Publication date :

    1935


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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