Details pertaining to improvements made to 10 light Pacific type steam locomotives; tests indicate that, as result of increasing tender size and installing more efficient modern equipment and appliances, drawbar horsepower has been increased 27.2% and unit fuel consumption decreased 23.6%; locomotives are regularly handling three more passenger cars per train than formerly and without any double heading on fast schedule between Chicago and St Louis, Mo.
Alton locomotives modernized
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 119 , n 1
1945
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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