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| Author: | Jim Vaitkunas [ Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
Jeff: The New Haven RR Tech & Hist Society has several good articles on the various New Haven RR lightweights in back issues of their slick magazine the Shoreliner. I would go to their website and get copies of the issues in question http://www.nhrhta.org/ Thanks! |
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| Author: | Sloan [ Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
Arthur Dubin's work More Classic Trains published by Kalmbach devotes a chapter to that subject. Excellent photos too. Sloan |
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| Author: | Randall Hicks [ Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
Also, John H. White's classic "The American Railroad Passenger Car" also has a lot of good information on the subject, although naturally it concentrates on the passenger car designs rather than the power plants. |
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| Author: | m3ohwell [ Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:00 pm ] | |||
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" | |||
PRR's Aerotrain at Slope, west of Altoona. The Keystone at Colonia, NJ. Ed K. cp Laurel Run
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| Author: | trainspot [ Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
Some photos and info. on the Baldwin "RP-210H's" here: http://baldwindiesels.railfan.net/rp210/index.html And I've actually found an interior photo of one of the NYC coaches on line! |
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| Author: | kevin kohls [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
Railway Age had great coverage of the BLH NYC RP 210. The year would be 1956 but I don't remember the month. Also, there was a video called "A NEW FACE FOR CASEY" that showed the NYC RP 210 #20 in service ! The quality was quite good as it was done by a news agency (I believe). I would check Railway Age for coverage of the other light weights . Kevin Kohls |
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| Author: | bbunge [ Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
AJ Campbell has a neat page on NYC's xplorer in Ohio here: http://www.columbusrailroads.com/nyc%20xplorer.htm Bob Bunge |
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| Author: | Jeff Newenhof [ Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "lightweight trains" |
The Oregon Zoo in Portland Oregon has the Washington Park and Zoo Railway. One of the trains is the Zooliner. Quote: The Zooliner This diesel-powered streamliner was built in 1958. A replica of General Motors’ "Aerotrain," the engine’s 165 horsepower is transmitted to eight driving wheels through a hydraulic-type torque converter transmission and spiral gears. Safety features include a "dead man control" to ease the train to a halt in an emergency. A governor holds the train to a 12-mile-per-hour maximum. A conventional automatic air brake system provides safe train handling. For more information about the Washington Park and Zoo Railway, go to http://www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/train.htm 
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