6000-hp, 457-ton, 194 1/2-ft Diesel locomotive manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse Co in service of Union Pacific Ry; starting tractive effort of three-car set is 215,000 lb, with continuous rating at 23 mph of 82,200 lb; in each of three sections there is 2000 bhp Fairbanks-Morsc engine driving electric generator, serving General Electric traction motors on four of six axles which carry car.
America's first opposed-piston-engined locomotive
Oil Engine
Oil Engine and Gas Turbine ; 14 , n 160
1946
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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