Re: Re: Brisbane trams, and "Windsplitters"

On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 11:53:35 -0700, you wrote:

Hi, gang!

In a recent discussion about Brisbane's FM trams, some of us commented on
how it looks like a "wind-splitter", and I mentioned that it looked like a
Hall-Scott "windsplitter" gas motor car introduced on some American
railroads in the 1910s.

The name of the company who built these was McKeen, not Hall-Scott. I
apologize for the error. I will try to rustle up a picture of one, just to
show you all how bizarre it looked...

If my memory servers me correctly, at least one of the state rail
systems (VR or QR, maybe both?) imported a single McKeen gas-electric
cars here as part of early experiments with railcars for lightly
trafficed rural braches.

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

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