UP M-10000

The UP M -10000 was in February 1934 when the Union Pacific Railroad in service asked, streamlined designed three-piece high-speed locomotive diesel-electric drive for daily traffic. In addition to a few weeks later completed for the Burlington Route Pioneer Zephyr M -10000 is considered the first used in commercial passenger streamlined train in North America.

Technical description

The self-supporting car bodies and their interiors emerged under the responsibility of the engineer Martin Blomberg made ​​by Pullman - Standard, whose design was protected by three patents in the United States. For the novel riveted lightweight design of the Quick railcar came the aluminum alloy duralumin used, which could not be welded at that time.

The 62 m long and 77 -ton train consisted of three car members who had been on a proposal from the Union Pacific chief engineer AH Fetters joined by Jakobs bogies hinged together. Both the roof slightly tapered car body profile with the curved side walls as well as the windowless, ovate -designed train end underscored the streamlined dynamics of the vehicle designed as a device railcar.

A semi-circular ventilation grille that looked like a gaping mouth predator, dominated the forward bulging Zugspitze. The slightly set back, the cab of which the engineer allowed a 180 degree circumspection of a four-part window band, followed by a machine room and a Gepäck-/Postabteil. The passenger areas were provided with air conditioning. The middle car No. 10400 had two toilets and a large capacity compartment with 60 seats, while along with two other toilets, a large room for 56 Travelers also a bar area with a small galley in the tapered end of the car were placed in the final car No. 10401 itself.

As drive the Electro Motive Company supplied ( EMC ) a built- in engine room Winton 191- A engine. The 600 hp ( 447 kW) strong " Distillate " engine was a modifierter on diesel fuel use V12 -cylinder petrol engine with electric spark. Brake compressor, main generator, and the control equipment are arranged in both axes of the front bogie electric traction motors were obtained from General Electric. The train was designed for 145 km / h top speed, but is said to have up to 178.6 km / h achieved during his American tour.

Service history

The in May 1933 ordered from Pullman - Standard train was delivered on 12 February 1934, the Union Pacific. For the first time came the " Armour Yellow" still working today at the UP yellow paintwork on the application.

Tomorrow 's Train Today

On an extensive tour of the M -10000 was presented at 68 stations in the U.S. and 1 million people, including U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited. Previously, the only really designed for the daily transport railcars on 23 May 1934, been supplemented by provided with a sleeping car features intermediate car " Overland Trail ", which, however, only at the second trainset M- 10001 later in regular operation was used. Another million visitors had the M -10000 during a two-month guest appearance as an exhibit at A Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago.

In the fall ended the 20,314 km long American tour, in which the variety of routes requests and several climate zones were completed without interference. The time of his highly acclaimed in the media, "Tomorrow 's Train Today" exhibition train was estimated as a Intitialzündung for the Renewal of the American railway system during the Great Depression.

City of Salina

On 31 January 1935, the new three-piece Union Pacific rail car train M -10000 took first as "The Streamliner " the daily operation of Salina in central Kansas on Topeka (Kansas) to Kansas City (Kansas ) on. The then from March 13, 1935 also officially known as the "City of Salina " designated train was 301 km long distance to travel, despite its ten intermediate stops in 3 1/2 hours and shorten the travel time over the previous fastest steam locomotive hauled train by 75 minutes.

Although the M -10000 in daily service on its successful, looked at him, the Union Pacific on December 16, 1941 after six years with an annual mileage of about 1.4 million kilometers from. After the sale on February 13, 1942, Aaron Ferer Co. in Omaha (Nebraska ) was scrapping. The existing aluminum alloy car bodies were supplied in April 1942, the war economy, where such a light metal in aircraft was used.

Gallery

"City of Salina " schedule Salina - Kansas City 1935

Union Pacific railcar M -10000 ...

And final car ... 10401

Interior view of Greater compartment ...

Zugbuffet ... and the car 10401