German concern has furnished ten 500-hp. electric locomotives for Southwest African diamond mine; sandstorms compelled designer to choose internal worm-wheel transmission from motor to driving axles; four d.c. motors of 186 hp. output are closely mounted between wheels of twin-truck chassis; in middle of locomotive is mounted 200-hp. six-cylinder, 500-r.p.m. gasoline engine, directly connected to 120-kw., 500-volt d.c. generator; gas engine starts with compressed air, stored in reservoir from a direct-connected air compressor. See translated abstract in Elec. Wld., vol. 90, no. 21, Nov. 19, 1927, p. 1054.
Gasoline-electric narrow-gage locomotives
Benzin-elektrische Schmalspurlokomotiven fur Sudwestafrika
Siemens Zeitschrift ; 7 , n 8
1927
5 pages
8 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Deutsch
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