Experimental train developed by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp; objectives: 400 passengers, 600,000 lb total weight for locomotive and 10 cars, conventional cost reduced by half, styling to dramatize new departures; main propulsion equipment is 12-567C diesel engine, standard Electro-Motive D-15E d-c generator, and two D-37 traction motors on front 2-axle truck. From paper before Am Soc Mech Engrs.
GM's "Aerotrain," new concept
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 139 , n 26 ; p 30-34
1955
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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