Two electric switching locomotives designed to meet special requirements of quarry service built by Metropolitan-Vickers Co., for Broken Hill Proprietary Co., New South Wales; each locomotive is capable of handling switching service of four cars each of 30 tons capacity at 5 to 10 m.p.h. on level and up to maximum gradient of 1 per cent; locomotives are of swiveled double-truck central-cab type; other important features and dimensions given. (See also Elecn., vol. 101, no. 2620, Aug. 17, 1928, pp. 175-176, 4 figs.; Engineer, vol. 146, no. 3788, Aug. 17, 1928, pp. 182-183, 3 figs.; Elec. Rev., vol. 103, no. 2648, Aug. 24, 1928, pp. 334-335, 3 figs.)
Novel electric shunting locomotives
Metropolitan-Vickers Gaz
Metropolitan Vickers Gazette ; 11 , n 188
1928
2 pages
4 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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Novel electric shunting locomotives
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