Particulars of two 44-ton, 360-hp Diesel electric switchers, built by Davenport Besler Corp, Davenport, Ia, and powered by dual Caterpillar 180-hp, 4-cycle Diesel engines, with Westinghouse electric transmission to each pair of wheels in two 4-wheel trucks; length over couplers 33 ft 10 in.; max height above rail 13 ft 1 1/2 in.; width oa 10 ft; weight on drivers 88,000 lb.
Rock Island gets good results with 44-ton diesel switchers
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 107 , n 24
1939
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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