Diesel-hydraulic unit with engines arranged for traction or for driving rotary plow is described; design details of DD53 snow plow locomotive; one of 1100 hp units is used for driving rotary snow plow and other for traction in normal operation, but if greater power is required to operate plow, both engines can be brought in to drive it; when operating in this way, DD20 1100 hp B-B diesel hydraulic general-purpose unit is coupled in multiple to DD53 to supply traction power.
Snow plough locomotive for Japanese railways
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 121 , n 12
1965
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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