D600 unit built by North British Locomotive Co for service on Western Region, has two 12-cyl NBL-MAN pressure charged engines, each rated 1000 bhp at 1445 rpm, and 1100 bhp at 1500 rpm; each engine drives two outer axles of one truck via Voith-North British L306r hydraulic transmission; length over buffers 65 ft; weight in working order 117 ton 8 cwt; max tractive effort at 30% adhesion is 50,000 lb. (See also Ry Gaz v 108 n 8 Feb 21 1958 p 221-3; Engineer v 205 n 5327 Feb 28 1958 p 327-8)


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    Titel :

    First main-line diesel-hydraulic locomotive for British Railways


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Diesel Ry Traction


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1958


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :