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 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. 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:

    Elecn


    Published in:

    Electrician ; 101 , n 2620


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    4 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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