Narrow gage Co-Co diesel electric locomotives, built at Seraing works of S.A. John Cockerill are for main line passenger and freight haulage on Matadi-Leopoldville Ry in Belgian Congo; weight empty is 91 1/2 tons, starting tractive effort at 30% adhesion 64,000 lb; power unit is 8 cyl Cockerill-Baldwin engine developing 175 bhp at 625 rpm; six nose suspended traction motors are permanently connected in series-parallel without any transition stages. (Supplement to Railway Gazette and Railway News)


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    Title :

    1600 H.P. locomotives for Congo


    Additional title:

    Diesel Ry Traction


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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