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Towards the end of WW I many small railway lines were insolvent, due to a lack of passengers. Renault came with a solution: replace the trains by diesel engine coaches and diesel trains. The type KA was Renault’s first diesel engine coach. First used in 1922 it was supplied with a 30 hp motor, built on the chassis of a truck and able to transport 20 passengers plus the driver. Fast, reliable and comfortable: this new means of transport was a resounding success. Subsequently, the constructor developed a 12-cilinder/250 hp diesel motor. In the early thirties the double-cabined motor coach, normally on the line  Paris-Lisieux-Trouville, was equipped with a new motor. Now it could cover 559,23 miles a day. In 1935, the diesel motor coach broke speed records on the section Paris-Strasbourg by reaching an average speed of 85,75 mph , with peaks of 101,90 mph . The coach was driven by a 500 hp 16-cylinder motor, built by Renault, and it could reach a much higher speed than the traditional train engines. Within the fifties Renault completed the research for the development of a panorama rail car, for the first time in history built with synthetic building materials to make the car less heavier, to increase the car’s performance and to optimize the soundproofing. The first vehicles were put into use in 1958. The last diesel motor coach leaves the belt in 1963. For 60 years 1100 of these coaches have crossed the railways, some of them covering more than 3 million kilometres.

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1921 Locotracteur à air comprimé	1922 Type JF Locotracteur	1922 Type JJ Locotracteur	1922 Type KA Autorail
1923 Type KE Autorail	1923 Type KF Autorail	1923 Type KL Locomotive Jardin d'Acclimatation de Paris	1923 Type LR Autorail
1923 Type RS Autorail	1924 Type MO Locotracteur	1925 Type MN Draisine	1925 Type MP Locotracteur
1925 Type NF Autorail	1925 Type NK Autorail	1926 Type RH Locotracteur	1927 Type PF Autorail
1929 Type PS Autorail	1929 Type RJ Autorail	1930 Type SM Draisine	1931 Type TE Autorail
1933 Type UV Locotracteur	1933 Type VG Autorail	1933 Type VH Autorail	1933 Type YH Autorail
1934 Type VHD Autorail double	1934 Type ZO Autorail	1935 Type ZP Autorail	1935 Type ABH Autorail
1935 Type ABJ Autorail	1935 Type ABV Autorail double	1935 Type ACB Autorail	1936 Type ABL Autorail
1936 Type ADP Autorail	1936 Type ADX Autorail	1936 Type AEK Autorail	1936 Type AET Autorail
1947 501 Autorail (U150)	1948 5020 Fourgon automoteur	1950 5030 Autorail (U300)	1952 5040 Locomotive
1953 5070 Locomotive	1956 5080 Métro sur pneumatiques	1957 5110 Autorail triple	1957 5120 Remorque autorail
1957 5130 Locotracteur	1957 5140 Locotracteur	1957 5170 Locotracteur	1957 X2800 Autorail
1958 5160 Autorail	1958 X2816 Autorail	1959 5050 Locomotive	1959 5150 Autorail panoramique LEES MEER!
1959 5180 Locotracteur	1960 5190 Metro aérien	1960 5210 Locomotive Jardin d'Acclimatation de Paris	1960 5220 Locotracteur
1961 5181 Locotracteur	1961 5211 Locotracteur	1961 5230 Locotracteur	1962 5232 Locotracteur
1962 5240 Locotracteur

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