Diesel locomotives on the French National Railroads, intended to haul heavy-freight trains as well as fast passenger trains on difficult profiles with numerous stops, have: a massic power at the rim above 30 hp per ton, a load per axle below 21 tons, a coefficient of adhesion at starting always above 0.33, a dynamic stability close to 3 km/hour, and trucks with short turning radius.These locomotives are almost universally diesel-electrics equipped with 4-stroke diesel engines supercharged with aftercooling. These engines are either semi-rapid (rated at 2700 hp) for the 12-cyl type or rapid (1500 rpm, rated at 2400 hp) for the 16-cyl type.This paper discusses the development of these engines and the French railroads experience with them.
French Technical Advance in the Field of Diesel Railway Traction
Sae Technical Papers
SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 1964
1964-01-01
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