The GWR petrol-electric railcar was a 4-wheel motorised coach purchased by the GWR in 1911 from British Thomson-Houston, who designed it and supplied the electrical fittings. It was powered by a 35–45 horsepower (26–34 kW) Maudslay petrol engine driving a dynamo which supplied two electric motors, one on each axle. It was provided with a driving position at both ends, and could carry 44 passengers at over 30 mph (48 km/h).[1][2] It was numbered 100.[3]

It was in use on the GWR until October 1919, when it was sold to Lever Brothers, who ran it at Port Sunlight until 1923.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kingdom, A. R. (1976). The Great Western at the turn of the century. Oxford: Oxford Pub. p. 28. ISBN 0-902888-93-5.
  2. ^ "A New G.W.R. Petrol-Electric Railcar. | 29th February 1912 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ Haresnape, Brian (1978). Collett & Hawksworth locomotives : a pictorial history. London: I. Allan. p. 116. ISBN 0-7110-0869-8.

Further reading

Robertson, Kevin (2004) [1999]. Odd Corners of the GWR From the Days of Steam (Pbk ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. pp. 65–69. ISBN 0 7509 3458 1.

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_petrol-electric_railcar
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