M-10000
The M-10000 was an early American streamlined passenger trainset that operated for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1934 until 1941. It was the first streamlined passenger train to be delivered in the United States, and the second to enter regular service after the Pioneer Zephyr of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
M-10000 | |
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M-10000 | |
Stock type | Gasoline-electric passenger one-directional trainset |
Designer | Electro-Motive Corporation |
Constructed | 1934 |
Entered service | 1934–1941 |
Scrapped | 1942 |
Number built | 1 trainset (3 cars) |
Number scrapped | 1 trainset |
Successor | M-10001 |
Formation | 1 power cab car (with post and baggage rooms),
1 trailer car (passenger), 1 trailer tail car (passenger) |
Capacity | 120 (60 per passenger car) |
Operators | Union Pacific Railroad |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | aluminum |
Train length | 204 feet 5 inches (62,310 mm) |
Car length | 71 feet 9 inches (21,870 mm) (power car) 58 feet 0 inches (17,680 mm) (intermediate car) 71 feet 0 inches (21,640 mm) (tail car) |
Width | 9 feet 3 inches (2,820 mm) |
Height | 11 feet 11.5 inches (3.645 m) |
Maximum speed | 110 mph (177km/h) |
Weight | 85 tonnes (84 long tons; 94 short tons) |
Traction system | Gasoline–electric |
Prime mover(s) | Winton 191A |
Engine type | Two-stroke gasoline |
Cylinder count | 45° V12 |
Cylinder size | 191 cubic inches (3,130 cm3) |
Traction motors | 2 |
Power output | 600 hp (447 kW) |
Transmission | DC-DC |
AAR wheel arrangement | B-(2+2)-2 |
Wheels driven | 2 |
Bogies | 1 motor bogie,
2 non-motor Jacobs bogies, 1 non-motor bogie |
Multiple working | no |
Seating | open coach, 2+2 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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