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.


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    Titel :

    America's first opposed-piston-engined locomotive


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Oil Engine


    Beteiligte:
    Mann, C.F.A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1946


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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