DESIGN REVOLUTION CUTS CAR CONSTRUCTION COSTS

Transit rolling stock throughout the world has been the subject of a major revolution in design over the past ten years. Result is a new range of urban railway cars which are both lighter and faster--cutting manufacture and operating costs and reducing damage to the permanent way.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Transit operating agencies; Vehicle frames
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Soreframe car
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048173
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1981 12:00AM