Permanent facilities for load testing of diesel electric main line and switching locomotives and power units at Eastleigh Locomotive Works of British Railways are described; new test house has 2 tracks and accommodates 4 testing berths, each with control room and associated bank of air-cooled expanded metal resistors to absorb test load; various combinations of units may be tested simultaneously; load resistor installation, noise elimination and ventilation problems.
Load-testing facility for diesel-electric locomotives
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 119 , n 19
1963
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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