Record of non-stop run of 775 mi. was recently accomplished on Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway with total train weight of 159 metric tons; locomotive is "Beardmore" 8-cylinder, 4-stroke Diesel engine, normal b.hp. 375 at 700 r.p.m., direct coupled to Metropolitan-Vickers compound-wound, d.c. generator, rated at 300 kw. 750 volts. (see also Modern Transport, vol. 21, no. 545, Aug. 24, 1929, p. 9, 1 fig.)
Successful diesel-electric locomotive tests in South America
Ry. Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 51 , n 7
1929
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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