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)
1600 H.P. locomotives for Congo
Diesel Ry Traction
Diesel Railway Traction ; 8 , n 262
1954
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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