Locomotive designed by A.CHAPELON, to give high and sustained tractive effort at moderate speeds on steep gradients, is on trial on South East Region of French National Railways; it has six coupled axles and six cylinders, two high pressure and four low pressure; leading truck wheels have diam of 2 ft 9 7/8 in.; engine wheelbase 35 ft 4 1/2 in.; height, rail level to top of chimney 13 ft 10 1/2 in.; boiler pressure 265 psi; weight of engine in working order 135 tons.
Experimental 2-12-0 locomotive for French National Railways
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 91 , n 4
1949
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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