Four experimental 6-car trains, for high speed subway service, built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co, Birmingham; each train composed of three 2-car units; each car has two Crompton-Parkinson propulsion motors, installed one on each truck; trucks are of all welded construction, with extended bolsters to control side oscillation. (see also Elec Ry Traction (supp to Ry Gaz) Dec 11 1936 p 1004-10; French translation in l'Industrie des Voies Ferrees et des Transports Automobiles v 31 n 367 July 1937 p 135-6)


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    Title :

    London tries streamlined trains


    Additional title:

    Transit J


    Published in:

    Transit Journal ; 81 , n 4 ; p 111-113


    Publication date :

    1937


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    London tries streamlined trains

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