Fourteen locomotives, being built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co, have 955-bhp Sulzer pressure charged engines and Crompton Parkinson electric equipment; with max tractive effort of 26,800 lb they are designed to haul 270-ton trains up 1 in 60 gradients. (see also Engineering v 177 n 4597 Mar 5 1954 p 316-7;Diesel Ry Traction v 8 n 263 Apr 1954 p 77-86)


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric locomotives for Australia


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 197 , n 5119


    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Diesel-electric locomotives for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Diesel-electric locomotives for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Diesel-electric locomotives for Western Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1956


    Diesel-electric locomotives for Western Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954