Repowering and alterations made during renovation of car ferry " Vicking" increased vessel's speed from 12 to 19 mph; 360-ft, 2713-ton Vicking can now carry bigger and heavier cars, because decks were raised and strengthened during repowering process, which included installation of twin-screw, 6000-shp, diesel-electric propulsion plant; this consists of four 1500-hp Electro-Motive 567D-1 diesel engines, driving four EMD D-32G generators and equal number of EMD D-32H propulsion motors to drive propeller shafts.


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    Titel :

    Ann Arbor repowers Michigan car ferry


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 159 , n 4


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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