As indicated in Weir Report, most important alternative form of tractor to electric locomotive is oil-electric; while electrification would seriously reduce consumption of British coal by railways, adoption of oil as fuel would entirely abolish it; it is unlikely that either electrification or oil-electric locomotives will be adopted for some years on scale envisaged in report.


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    Titel :

    Railways and oil-electric locomotives


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 152 , n 3953 ; p 402-403


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1931


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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