NEW TYPE OF RAIL-CAR
ENGINE RUBBER MOUNTED VIBRATION ELIMINATED [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Wednesday A larger rail-car is under constrution and is to be on the rails before very long. The car is 66ft. long and is fitted with two 10-litre Diesel engines 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. In addition two cars can bo coupled together, and bo controlled by one driver. The car is of semi-streamlined steel welded construction. Its weight is 32 tons and the maximum speed attainable is 75 m.p.h.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23053, 2 June 1938, Page 15
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