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.


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    Title :

    Experimental 2-12-0 locomotive for French National Railways


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    BB 0401 locomotive of French national railways

    Trollux, J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    BB 0401 locomotive of French national railways

    Trollux, J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1948