Design and performance data on 4000-hp unit built by Westinghouse Electric Corp; wheel arrangement is Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo, and service weight 221 long tons; length oa is 77 ft 10 in., top designed speed 100 mph, starting tractive effort 115,000 lb; power is supplied by two open cycle non-recuperative gas turbines mounted side by side, each rated 2000 hp at 8750 rpm. (Supplement to Railway Gazette and Railway News)


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    Title :

    Westinghouse gas-turbine locomotive


    Additional title:

    Diesel Ry Traction


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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