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Show NEWER THAN "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS" " " ! B - V -w : v:.v. a.'WlJu J 2 U4.VtiAtjaiiafei:.,'i .w':Wl.: ti!- i I fc.A.YT.,. -, .- ia. riili' ifinfril iim ii i ii fill 1 i- d'hrf i friV - txt.1f.''il-liA'i.j,..t.--'.?.:- z.M. .- ..;1ryy h , "rthft.iirr.T.rt'n fl1 ,,,? New history-making: light weight, high speed,' stream line passenger train capable of making u Bpeed of 110 miles per hota; j which has been ordered built by the Union Pacific Railroad. I America's newest hisvoiy-makine ! transportation sensation a high speed, light weight, stream line passenger pas-senger train, capable of making 110 miles per hour has been ordered built. In six months its experimental experimen-tal operation on the Union Pacific lines will be started, with the tun from Sail Lake through Milford to Los Angeles as one of the two on which it will first be tried, according to news dispatches of last week. "Tile executive officers of the Union Un-ion Pacific," said W. A. Harriman, chairman of the board of davctors. in 'his official sUUen'.vnt, "several months ago reached the conclusion that to save and restore passengei business to the rails would necessitate necessi-tate the developement of a radically different type of pas.-enger equipment." equip-ment." The new train was d signed by K E. Adairt-, vice president, who conducted con-ducted the research and development develop-ment work undvr the direction ol Carl Gray and W. M. Jeffers, president presi-dent and executive vice president respectively, re-spectively, of the Union Pacific system. sys-tem. The text of Mr. Harriman's statement state-ment follows: The executive Committee aulhor-! aulhor-! ized the immediate placing of an order or-der for construction of an entirely new type of passenger tiain, featur ' ing high speed (110 miles per houri, light weight, and full streamlining. 1 The train will be completed in about six months. It will first be operated on special runs bet wen the larger . cities on the Union Pacific System, ' with the purpose of demonstrating ! its practicability foj regular main ! line through passenger train service, j including trans-continental. Passenger travel on the railroads ; of the United States has been stead-! stead-! ily declining since the peak of 1930. ! The executive officers of the Union Pacific several months ago reached the conclusion that to save and re-' re-' store passenger business to the rails i would necessitate the development j of a radically different type of pass-j pass-j enger equipment. A modern 10-car I steam train weighs approximately j 1,000 tons, including the locomotive, J and this limits the speed even with the most modern locomotives, and ! the costs are comparatively high, i An exhaustive study was instituted I looking toward the development of a ! light, high speed train which would I provide safe, comfortable transpor-I transpor-I tation at a minimum of cost, i E. E. Adams, Vice-President En-I En-I gineering, conducted the research and development work under the direc-j direc-j tion of C. R. Gray, President, and W. I M. Jeffers, Executive Vice-President, ! and such a train has now been de-I de-I veloped and an order will be placed ! immediately for a demonstration ' train. ' The design has been based large- ! ly on automotive and aircraft de- velopments, where speed and light ; weight, combined with strength, has been such a vital necessity. To obtain ob-tain light weight, with strength, the , train will be constructed either of i aluminum alloys, which have the ; strength of ordinary steel with one-I one-I third the weight, or of stainless ! steel, which has three times the? I strength of ordinary steel and, therefore, there-fore, requires but one-third of the .material to obtain equivalent i strength. In place of the conventional convention-al underframe now used on passenger ; cars, which takes all of the shock and, in addition, carries the super-i super-i structure and the load, each car in this new train Ls tubular in shape and the entire car body forms a deep stiff beam, thereby requiring a minimum j amount of material for a given i strength. ' The equipment is designed for a maximum speed of 110 miles an hour, with a sustained speed on straight ; and level track of DO miles per hour. The train of three cars will weigh not over SO tons, which is the present i weight of one Pullman sleeping car. The train is fully streamlined to I a greater extent than has been at tempted in this or any foreign coun-Itiy. coun-Itiy. In order to refine the stream-I stream-I line design, models are to be made of I this train, varing somewhat the shape , of the ends these nndels to be plac-i plac-i ed in a wind tunnel in order to fin-' fin-' ally arrive ut the best shape to give minimum air resistance. Computa-. Computa-. lions indicate that proper stream-', stream-', lining will reduce the power require-I require-I ments at 100 miles an hour more than one-half as compared with the ordin-i ordin-i ary shaped railway vehicle. To get ' the full benefits of streamlining, the windows, of shatter-proof glass, are placed practically flush with the outside out-side of the car; vestibules between j cars are covered to continue the ' smooth sides of the cars; all such devices as headlights, tail lights, . whistles, bells, etc., are recessed into t'ne car body. A specially designed mechanism opens the doors and lets down folding steps for entrance to : and exit from the car. I The train is fully air conditioned; : windows sealed, and forced ventila-: ventila-: tion Used which will heat the train j in winter, cool it in summer, filter all I dirt and dust from the outside air ! and, maintaining a pressure in the car, will exclude all dirt and cindars The sealed windows, heavy body insulatio;i, complete -streamlining, liberal uve of rubber in trucks, and i the probable use of a resilient wheel, I will materially reduce noise, j A modern indirect lighting system i is provided, giving uniform light reflected re-flected from the ceiling. The seats i are the most comfortable that mod ern art has developed. Interior dec-, dec-, orations are striking but simple. The I train is completely equipped with ! modern roller bearings in order to re-! re-! duce friction and avoid the necessity of terminal attention. This train will consist of three cars articulated, i.e., one truck between be-tween each two cars and the cars hinged hin-ged together. The purpose of such articulation is to save weight, first cost and friction of trucks, reduce cost of maintenance, and give a better riding quality by elimination of slack or motion between cars other ot-her than the hinge motion. The first car contains a 600-horse power distillate (a non-explosive fuel) burning internal combustion engine en-gine with direct connected electric generator and motors on the wheels of the forward truck, and also contains con-tains a 30-foot railway post office and a baggage room. The second car is a coach seating 60 passengers. The rear car is also a coach seating 50 passengers, with a buffet at the rear end to serve light meals to passengers passen-gers in their seats. This first train will not have any sleeping accommodations, accomm-odations, but it is expected that the operation of the train will demonstrate demonst-rate its adaptability for the long transcontinental runs, and a car with sleeping accommodations has been designed. |