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| Author: | John Craft [ Fri Jul 18, 2003 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | FAO David Wilkins - C&NW commuter trains |
Found it quite by accident. August 1960 TRAINS, an article by J. Parker Lamb. 1959-60 orders of 152 bilevels to replace all existing commuter cars except for 48 "gallery cars" to be modified. Head-end power from 52 EMD F7s modified to contain a HEP generator. GPs to be reassigned. Vague reference to HEP-equipped E8s but nothing specific about the future. Improvements were coupled with a 24% fare increase and a new zone-type fare structure and what may have been the first monthly pass. All in all a very interesting article. JAC GPRR Thread at TrainOrders |
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