| Show CUR CAR SPEEDS MILES AN HOUR zeppelin shaped coach Is driven by plane motor tested in germany li hanover anover Gerin germany tiny A long silver arny cigar shaped railway coach 85 feet over till nil and driven by a 0 horse power airplane motor with ft propeller was tested on a disused railway truck track near here and attained it a speed of miles tin an hour looking like a cross between the inte sir conr henry golden arrow and a zeppelin on wheels the st strange monster attiO attained ned a speed of CO miles tin n n hour with CO 60 seconds from a dead start and was hitting off miles a few seconds second later inter two types of nf br aralica alica railway and automobile brought it to a smooth halt at the ond end of tile the stretch which 1 Is famous for having been the scene acetic of fritz first tit attempts tempts with a rocket car earlier secret trials of tile the new vehicle cle are to have resulted in a speed of tulles miles an all hour seek cheaper transportation franz kruckenberg director of the traffic experimental station at hanover which Is under the wing of the state railways and Is devoted to developing cheaper find and swifter transportation la Is the inventor and builder ile he hopes his swift omal bus zeppelin will solve the problem for railways of the competition presented by motor cars and airplanes herr kruckenberg contends his invention Is much faster than normal trains and also safer and cheaper to build ft and nd operate than airplanes ills ilia goal Is to have one of these luxuriously appointed coaches speeding swiftly along till all the main railway lines at half hour intervals replacing long heavy trains driven by ft a horse power gasoline motor tile the car weighs 20 tons and has room for 40 passengers in parlor car seats X A single pair of wheels for and aft supports the body on axles ca feet apart practically the construction which involves it a considerable number of cross struts within tile the cabin Is so balanced t that hat running Is practically and it Is possible to write smoothly at t n speed of miles tin an hour the normal speed Is calculated at miles on the basis of the known safety factor of curves ori on main line tracks A larger motor tile the inventor e ap irined would produce higher speeds oil the basis of the recent test it seems probable thata that a 11 motor of less than horse power could do t alic io job effectively and nd it Is planned to substitute diesel engines for gasoline motors later in order further to cheapen costs it ii Is understood that the inventor wants to conduct further tests on curves cunes before he will be satisfied of MR his mentions inventions ability to keep to the rails after which lie he plans to try it out on the berlin hamburg stretch which offers the minimum of curves on any german stretch cli between big cities it Is estimated that the car would reel oft off the miles between berlin and the seaport in two hours whereas the fastest trains require more moe than three |
