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- From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: historical question
- Keywords: stainless cars
- Message-ID: <u0ZqXB1w165w@1776.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:28:17 EST
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- jbvb@vax.ftp.com (James B. VanBokkelen) writes:
- > The Budd Co. (USA) developed and patented the "shot welding" process for
- > stainless steel, and the first cars I know of that were built using it were
- > the "Budd-Michelin" railcars, which had stainless bodies and rubber tires
- > instead of steel wheels. These were built in the early 1930s. None were
- > particularly successful, and those that stayed in service beyond the first
- > year got steel wheels retrofitted.
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- What sort of roadbed were these rubber-tired vehicles intended to run on?
- If rails, what was supposed to keep them on the rails?
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