Following trials on German Federal Railways and Semmering line, 6 diesel hydraulic locomotives of 4000 hp continuous rating were delivered to United States by Krauss-Maffei A.G., Munich-Allach; they are claimed to be largest diesel hydraulic locomotives in service at present time, and are destined for mountainous lines of Denver and Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific railroad companies; they have been equipped with hydrodynamic brakes to spare brake shoes on downhill runs.


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    Titel :

    4000 h.p. diesel hydraulic locomotive


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 212 , n 5522


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1961


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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