. Railway mechanical engineer . in reducing operating costs on branclilines, or in sections where the traffic is light. Much of suchequipment tried has followed closely the lines of develop-ment of the gasoline-engine motor bus used on highways. The Main Engine is of the Two-Cylinder Simple Type with more or less modifications to adapt it for use onrailroad tracks. A distinctly different car of the self-propelled type is theoil-burning, steam-driven car built by the Unit Railway CarCompany, Boston, Mass. One of the early cars of this stylewas shown at the Atlantic City convention in 1919, a de
. Railway mechanical engineer . in reducing operating costs on branclilines, or in sections where the traffic is light. Much of suchequipment tried has followed closely the lines of develop-ment of the gasoline-engine motor bus used on highways. The Main Engine is of the Two-Cylinder Simple Type with more or less modifications to adapt it for use onrailroad tracks. A distinctly different car of the self-propelled type is theoil-burning, steam-driven car built by the Unit Railway CarCompany, Boston, Mass. One of the early cars of this stylewas shown at the Atlantic City convention in 1919, a de-scription of it being given in the Railway Age, June 18,1919. From experience gained through observation of thecars which have been in service since that time, the buildershave been able to make a number of improvements in de-tails of design. These have been incorporated in the carsrecently delivered to the Canadian National, the Boston &Maine and the Uruguayan Government. The power plant in the Unit railway steam cars embodiesthe principles used in the Stanley steam automobiles and isbuilt under the same patents. Ease and flexibility of con-trol with large reserve capacity for quick acceleration, orfor use on grades is a characteri
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