Completion of first of two large Diesel electric locomotives by LMS at Derby inaugurates experiment to determine place of Diesel engine in British railway practice; to obtain comparative data, company has also completed engine No. 6256 at Crewe, first of two steam locomotives intended to compete with new double unit Diesel electric locomotive; notes on both are given.
Steam versus diesel on British railways -- Critical experiment
Mech World
Mechanical World and Engineering Record ; 123 , n 3182
1948
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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