To amplify Charlie's comments
From Railway & Locomotive Engineering December 1928 -
An interesting demonstration was made on October 2, 1928 by the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad with a gas-electric car train. The equipment
used consisted of a dual power plant, 270-horsepower car used at one end of
the train, and a triple power plant, 405-horsepower demonstrator car
equipped by the Mack Company, with two standard day coaches between
them-making a total train weight of about 230 tons. Temporary electrical
connections between the two motor cars permitted operation of the train by a
single engineman in the cab of the 72-ton triple power plant car on the
outbound trip. On the return trip, without any change in arrangement, the
train was operated from the dual power plant car at the opposite end of the
train, and in reverse direction. During the 21-mile trip outbound stops were
made at the rate of one per mile, and on the return trip the train was run
express. About 60 railroad men and others interested in automotive equipment
were present at the demonstration.
Can't help with a photo, sorry.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Posted by: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
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