[CBQ] First motor car

["Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>]

We had a brief discussion back in August about the first (possibly first) 
gasoline motor car.  I've now found the following piece in an article (American 
Engineer & Railroad Journal Sept. 1905 page 335) about motor cars, discussing 
the different motive power options and costings of motor car operation.

"The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway has recently built a 225-h.p. 
gasoline electric motor car designed to haul a trailer for carrying passengers, 
the motor car itself being used for the power equipment, mail and baggage.  A 
test of this car was made recently, but as yet we have no figures on the actual 
cost of operation."



Presuming this to be a reference to the same piece of equipment, it confirms 
that this was railway equipment as opposed to a converted road vehicle.  
Needless to say, if I find any published reports on the test, I'll let you know.



Rupert Gamlen

Auckland NZ


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