Gasoline-electric car will shortly make its appearance in service on Victorian lines; seating capacity of 61 second-class passengers; power equipment includes 220-hp., 6-cylinder Winton gasoline engine, governed at 1000 r.p.m.; engine is directly coupled to 150-kw. d.c. generator and exciter which supplies power to main traction motors and to lighting and starting battery.


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    Title :

    Australia's first petrol-electric rail car


    Additional title:

    Australasian Elec. Times


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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