Photograph
Motor Car with Trailer
A motor car with an attached trailer drives down a railroad track. The car is operated by the Alabama & Florida Railroad Company and power is provided by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit. |
Image ID: | 65968 |
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Creation Date: | 09 14 1938 |
Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 458, Pg. 133 |
Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
The original caption reads: "The Alabama & Florida Railroad Company, which runs between Cowarts, Alabama, and Greenwood, Florida, a distance of 20 miles, operates the motor car and trailer shown at a cost of only 50 cents for fuel oil for the daily round trip of 58 miles. Power is provided by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit. (More in the mimeographed article "Low-Cost Operation Railroad Motor Car With Diesel Power Unit.") |
Plants |
Trees |
Land use, Rural |
Men |
Electric apparatus and appliances |
Railroad cars |
Railroad tracks |
Trailers |
Transportation |
Outdoor photography |
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