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 Age v 124 n 19 May 8 1948 p 890-5)
Pennsylvania 6000-Hp diesels
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 122 , n 5
1948
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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