HOW SAFE WERE THE MOTOR TRAINS?
This article is a facet of a comprehensive study on the rise and fall of motor trains in the United States. The term "motor train" is used in this article because "motor car" has been used loosely in the railroad literature to designate "motor trains," maintenance-of-way cars, and automobiles and buses. For the purposes of this article, a "motor train" is a passenger train of one, two, or three cars, which is not pulled by a locomotive, but has a self-contained power plant in a vehicle partially devoted to revenue space.
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Eno Transportation Foundation
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Authors:
- Prosser, R S
- Publication Date: 1973-10
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 601-618
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Serial:
- Traffic Quarterly
- Volume: 27
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
- ISSN: 0041-0713
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commuter service; Crashes; Derailments; Diesel multiple unit cars; Fuels; Hazardous materials; Passenger cars; Passenger service; Railroad cars; Safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Rail diesel cars
- Subject Areas: Energy; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00052108
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 7 1976 12:00AM