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Old 05-11-2021, 12:38 PM   #4
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Default Re: Ford engines in rail vehicles

Briefly sent through the translator as my English has been rusty for 20 years.

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In terms of propulsion, too, an unconventional path was taken for what used to be the case. On both sides of the railcar, a motor was heard in a front end, as it is known from trucks of the 1930s, which drove the right axle. Engines, transmissions and cardan drives came from the series production of trucks at the Ford works in Cologne. The installation of two more series-conscious drives was still cheaper than a complex reversing gear from a possible engine system.
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