Engine is of 4-6-2 type, wheel arrangement resembling that of steam locomotive of Pacific type; total weight is 100 tons; motors are carried by brackets attached to main frames and are wound for pressure of 750 volts; Winterthur universal drive adopted, which gives relatively high center of gravity and good longitudinal and transverse balance. (See also Engineering, vol. 127, nos. 3289 and 3291, Jan. 25 and Feb. 18, 1929, pp. 100-102 and 160-162, 21 figs. partly on supp. plates; Genie Civil, vol. 93, no. 25, Dec. 22, 1928, pp. 597-605, 16 figs. and 2 supp. plates)


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    Title :

    Electric passenger locomotive for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway


    Additional title:

    Electrotechnics


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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