Road tests of 4500-hp unit will be made on Union Pacific to obtain information as to durability, suitability and operating costs; locomotive is 83 ft 7 1/2 in. long over coupled knuckles, 14 ft 3 1/2 in. high and 10 ft 7 in. wide; power plant consists of 15-stage, axial flow compressor, driven by 2-stage gas turbine. (See also Ry Mech Engr v 123 n 7 July 1949 p 263-8; unsigned article in Diesel Progress v 15 n 7 July 1949 p 34-5; Diesel Power v 27 n 7 July 1949 p 62-4, 78; Machine Design v 21 n 7 July 1949 p 110-2)
Alco-G.E. Gas turbine-electric locomotive
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 127 , n 1
1949
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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