Cars built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co; designed to operate at speed of 60 to 70 km per hr; 60 passengers accommodated in one compartment; power transmitted through Leyland hydraulic torque converter, which operates on Lysholm-Smith system; engine is Leyland 6-cyl direct injection type developing 120 bhp at speed of 1900 rpm. (See also Gas and Oil Power v 32 n 385 Oct 1937 p 260-2)


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    Title :

    Leyland-engined streamlined diesel-mechanical railcars


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 164 , n 4275


    Publication date :

    1937


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







    Leyland diesel-engined lion

    Sanders, P.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1934