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 Engineer v 205 n 5327 Feb 28 1958 p 327-8; Diesel Ry Traction v 12 n 311 Apr 1958 p 147-51)
First main-line diesel-hydraulic locomotive for British railways
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 108 , n 8
1958
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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First main-line diesel-hydraulic locomotive for British Railways
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