BIGGER RAIL=CARS
IMPROVED VEHICLES BEING BUILT. SOME INTERESTING DETAILS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A larger rail-car is under construction and will be on the rails before very long. The car is 66 feet long, fitted with two ten litre Diesels, developing 120 h.p. at 1800 revolutions a minute. The engines are rubber-mounted on bogies, thus removing vibration from the passenger compartment. The car can be driven from either end and 'thus is reversible. Also two cars can be coupled together and can be controlled by one driver. The car is semi-streamlined and is of steel welded construction, with insulated bodies. The weight of the car is 32 tons. The maximum speed attainable is 75 miles an hour.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1938, Page 8
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119BIGGER RAIL=CARS Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1938, Page 8
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