Characteristics of Baldwin-Westinghouse steam turbine electric unit for Chesapeake and Ohio railway; single 6000-hp turbine drives two main generators through reduction gears; turbine is of impulse type with one velocity compounded stage followed by four single row pressure stages; reduction gears consist of single high speed pinion meshing with two 272-tooth gears, each coupled to double armature d-c generator; other details. (See also Machine Design v 20 n 5 May 1948 p 118-20; Ry Gaz v 88 n 10 Mar 5 1948 p 277-80)
Turbine-electric locomotive
Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul
1948
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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