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Re: AUSTRIAN RAIL CAR
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:07:12 GMT
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John Neal wrote
> "you keep using that word...."
> > seriously thinking of buying the Rail Car
Railcar (all one word) is used in Brit practice to refer to an
engine-and-carriage (passenger car) all in one combination. Usually
diesel. They were in use quite early - before WWII I think - on the GWR
(not a GWR buff myself, so I may have the time period wrong). The
crocodile engine under discussion wouldn't qualify as a railcar though.
Kevin Wilson
Vancouver, BC
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| (...) US practice as well. Other terms for such a beast are Doodlebug and RDC. (Rail Diesel Car), both of which originally referred to the products of a specific firm. The notion is that one of these units can take the place of a whole train, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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