Two inherent limitations are that it has to haul its own weight, and that that weight must be sufficient to produce necessary adhesion for driving wheels; effect of wedging action; flange forces; note on Diesel electric locomotive design, and developments in gas turbine propulsion. Summary of 1st Sir Seymour Biscoe Tritton Lecture before Instn Locomotive Engrs. (see also Engineering v 162 n 4206 Aug 23 1946 p 190-1)
Locomotive limitations
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 84 , n 18 ; p 483 + 486
1946
Article (Journal)
English
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