1000-hp Diesel switching locomotive built by Lima-Hamilton Corp, for New York, Chicago and St. Louis; locomotives are of B-B wheel arrangement, and have single cab mounted on frame which is carried on two 4-wheel swivel trucks with motor on each axle; operator's compartment is located at rear, with power plant hood extending from compartment to front end of locomotive; weights and dimensions given in table. (See also Ry Age v 127 n 1 July 2 1949 p 24-8;Diesel Power v 27 n 9 Sept 1949 p 54-6; Ry Mech Engr v 123 n 9 Sept 1949 p 485-9; Diesel Ry Traction (Supp to Ry Gaz) n 208 Sept 1949 p 168-70)


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    Title :

    Nickel plate receives first Lima-Hamilton Switcher


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Published in:

    Diesel Progress ; 15 , n 8 ; p 36-37


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English








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