Features of locomotives for 111-mi White Pass and Yukon Railroad, which operates from Skagway, Alaska, over 2900-ft summit of Coast Range, to headwaters of Yukon River at Whitehorse, YT; weight of units built by General Electric Co is 167,400 lb; rating at 30% adhesion is 50,220 lb, continuous tractive effort 24,000 lb; propulsion is by American Locomotive Co's Series 251 6-cyl diesel engines. (See also Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 22 n 260 Feb 1955 p 378-9)
Canada's narrow-gauge diesel locos
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 138 , n 7
1955
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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