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.; Metropolitan-Vickers Gaz., vol. 11, no. 188, Nov. 1928, pp. 112-113, 4 figs.)


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    Title :

    Novel electric shunting locomotives


    Additional title:

    Elec. Rev


    Published in:

    Electrical Review ; 103 , n 2648


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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