Societe M.T.E. (Le Materiel de Traction Electrique) in collaboration with Diesel Locomotive Research Div of French Railways have evolved BB 69000 diesel hydraulic locomotive which has installed hp of 4800; variants are envisaged, such as C-C version of 5760 hp; 2 prototypes of B-B design are now in service; length over buffers 19,000 mm, width 4280 mm, height 4280 mm, tare weight 75.12 tons (metric), service weight 83 tons, maximum continuous speed 140-147 km/hr, tractive effort (maximum permitted by transmission) 39-41 tons; arrangement is shown in diagram.


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    Title :

    French heavy diesel-hydraulic locomotive


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 217 , n 5654


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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