. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . vy drain on the companys treasury, rail-way managers have in recent years tried various plans ordifferent kinds of equipment intended to overcome theloss or deficit resulting from this service. In the issue ofR.\iLWAv .\XD Locomotive Engineering for April 1923,we pointed out the fact that forty railways were usingmotor vehicles for short runs. Motor cars with different kinds of prime movers havebeen and are now in use with varving degrees of success neers cab at the front. The passenger compa
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . vy drain on the companys treasury, rail-way managers have in recent years tried various plans ordifferent kinds of equipment intended to overcome theloss or deficit resulting from this service. In the issue ofR.\iLWAv .\XD Locomotive Engineering for April 1923,we pointed out the fact that forty railways were usingmotor vehicles for short runs. Motor cars with different kinds of prime movers havebeen and are now in use with varving degrees of success neers cab at the front. The passenger compartment hasa seating capacity for 30 passengers, and also has toiletaccommodations. The trailer car is 39 ft. 4 in. long over platforms and31 ft. 2 in long over the body and has a seating capacityfor 44 passengers. The motor car is mounted on two bogie trucks theaxles of which are fitted in the Stafford roller bearingsthat were described in and for April, 1923. On each truck one axle only is used as a driving axleand that is the one towards the center of the car. This. Motor Car Train on the Chicago Great Western Railway in an effort to provide the patrons of the roads with trans-portation facilities at a cost enough below that of a regularsteam engine train to justify continuing the senice. Oneof the railways in the middle west which has tried severalmethods of attacking this problem is the Chicago (IreatWestern which has in operation on their lines four dif-ferent types of motor cars and motor trains. Their recentaddition to this class of equipment is the two-car gasolineengine motor train shown in the illustration and which hasjust been placed in servicc between Mclntyre and Water-loo, Iowa. It is expected that this train will be operated atan expense not in excess of .=iO cents per mile, which in-cludes the annual genera! overhauling. The train consists of a motor and trail car. Themotor car is .^2 ft. 8 in. long over the end sills of which44 f
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