NEW LOCOMOTIVE HAULED PUSH-PULL COMMUTER CARS FOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

This paper provides a description of the technical details of locomotive hauled push-pull commuter cars being built by Pullman Standard for the Commuter Rail Division of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. It also provides a brief review of where the push-pull concept originated, its advantages, and its development over the past 20 years.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contributed by the Rail Transportation Division of ASME for presentation at the Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 24-25, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Curtis, R D
• Publication Date: 1979-1-25

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Commuter cars; Control devices; Locomotives; Passenger cars; Push pull trains; Vehicle cabs; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive controls; Passenger car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00194641
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: 79-RT-2 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1981 12:00AM