. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . arious t>-pes of self-contained or self-propelled unitshave been developed and tried in the past twenty-fiveyears. The gasoline engine outranks the Diesel enginein the number of applications to railroad service in thiscountrj, because of its higher stage of perfection, lower A total of 21 round trips is made on week days and 23on Saturdays, giving an average daily mileage of 170. A110,000 lb. standard steel coach is handled on three of theroimd trips. This car also handles the switching of
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . arious t>-pes of self-contained or self-propelled unitshave been developed and tried in the past twenty-fiveyears. The gasoline engine outranks the Diesel enginein the number of applications to railroad service in thiscountrj, because of its higher stage of perfection, lower A total of 21 round trips is made on week days and 23on Saturdays, giving an average daily mileage of 170. A110,000 lb. standard steel coach is handled on three of theroimd trips. This car also handles the switching of ex-press cars at Trenton and the transferring of one 73-tonexpress car from Trenton to a main line train at theJimction. This one gas-electric car has replaced two class Q-1,2-6-4 type steam locomotives and one coach. The locomo-tives were of special design for operation in either direc-tion and in normal service ran around the cars as the lay-over time at each terminal was inadequate for turningon a wye. For normal operation of the car no extramovement is necessary as the control is arranged for. Gasoline-Electric Car in Service on the Reading Railroad cost and lower weight. Several forms of transmissionhave been tried with each of these, but the reliabilit> and abiUtj- to handle unlimited power hasbrought electric transmission to the forefront. Thus,with a field developed by rising costs, and \vith reliablegasoline engines and tried electrical equipment to placeon cars suitable for railroad service, the application ofgasoline-electric motive power to cars for railroads was anatural development. A tjpical example of such cars is that placed in serviceon the Trenton Branch of the Reading Railroad. Thiscar is capable of high operating speeds with or withouttrailers. Trailer operation is not necessarv unless trafficconditions are unusually severe, as in addition to theengine compartment the car has a baggage and passengercompartment. Operation Since being placed
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