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354,747. Articulated rail vehicles. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (ENGINEERS), Ltd., SIR W. G. and IONIDES, P. D., 22, Great Smith Street, London. April 7, 1930, No. 11034. [Class 79 (iii).] In articulated rails unit, such as composite trains, the power generating mechanism is housed in a separate coach one or each end of which and the end of an adjacent coach are pivotally mounted on a common bogie. In a three coach unit, Fig. 1, the power or motor coach B is supported upon bogies 1, to which the passenger coaches A are also articulated, preferably upon the same pivots as the power coach. In Fig. 3, two power coaches B are connected together by a common bogie 8 as well as to passenger coaches A by bogies 1. The drive may be through the power coach bogies or through the bogies or axles supporting the remote ends of the passenger coaches. The Provisional Specification refers to a central power coach housing, an internal-combustion power generator with electrical, mechanical or other transmission.
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