C-C locomotives with Maybach 16-cyl charge-air cooled engines and Voith transmissions built by Rheinstahl Henschel AG in West Germany have two power plants and can be operated at two speed ranges of 0 to 120 km/hr and 0 to 160 km/hr for heavy goods and passenger service; designed to operate under climatic conditions from +40 C to - 40 C, locomotives are equipped with high capacity ventilating plant and comprehensive heating equipment for engine and transmission lubricating oil; locomotives are carried on two three-axle trucks each of 4.35 m wheel-base; engines are motored for starting by dynostarters coupled to auxiliary drive of transmission by cardan shafts.
Henschel 4,000 HP diesel-hydraulics for China
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 124 , n 24
1967
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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