Eight road freight locomotives built by Fairbanks, Morse and Co, powered with Fairbanks-Morse 2000 hp opposed piston Diesel engines and General Electric generating, control and traction equipment; group consists of 16 A units and 8 B units, each 3-unit locomotive having total weight in working order of 1,064,420 lb; each unit is carried on two 6-wheel trucks; tractive force per locomotive is 221, 000 lb at 20% adhesion. (See also Ry Mech Engr v 122 n 5 May 1948 p 231-6)
Pennsylvania 6000-Hp diesels
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 124 , n 19
1948
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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