Fourteen locomotives, being built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co, have 955-bhp Sulzer pressure charged engines and Crompton Parkinson electric equipment; with max tractive effort of 26,800 lb they are designed to haul 270-ton trains up 1 in 60 gradients. (See also Engineer v 197 n 5119 Mar 5 1954 p 361-2;Diesel Ry Traction v 8 n 263 Apr 1954 p 77-86)
Diesel-electric locomotives for Australia
Engineering
Engineering ; 177 , n 4597
1954
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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