Demonstration run made with eight-car train; locomotive 9000, which is largest and most powerful of its kind, consists of two units and weighs 650,000 lb. when fully equipped, of which 480,000 lb. is carried on driving wheels; each unit contains Beardmore 12-cylinder oil engine of solid-injection type, with cylinders of 12-in. bore and 12-in. stroke; nominal rating of engine is 1330 hp. at 800 r.p.m.; exhaust heat aids oil-fired boiler to heat train; selective data and dimensions of oil-electric and steam locomotives. (See also Ry. Mech. Engr vol. 103, no. 10, Oct. 1929 pp. 574-577, 5 figs; Canadian Ry. and Mar. World, no. 379, Sept. 1929, pp. 549-553, 5 figs.; Mech. Eng., vol. 51, no. 12, Dec. 1929, p. 914; Ry. Elec. Engr., vol. 20, no. 1, Jan. 1929, pp. 18-20, 3 figs.; Can. Engr., vol. 57, no. 13, Sept. 24, 1929, pp. 435-436, 2 figs., and Modern Transport, vol. 21, no. 547, Sept. 7, 1929, pp. 10-11, 4 figs)


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    Title :

    Canadian national's 2600 hp oil-electric locomotives


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotive Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







    Nr. 2600

    DataCite | 1895


    Canadian Pacific locomotives

    Brown, T.R.F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1887