Power units of new locomotives are English Electric (type 8SRKT) 8-cyl engines derated from 1000 bhp at 850 rpm to 874 bhp at 850 rpm to meet high temperature and humidity conditions; weight in working order 71 tons; length over couplers 50 ft 3 1/2 in.; oa width 8 ft 10 in.; total wheelbase 39 ft; starting tractive effort (25% adhesion) 27,000 lb. (See also Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 22 n 252 June p 55-7; Diesel Ry Traction v 8 n 265 June 1954 p 135-7)
Brazil's 874-bhp metre-gauge locos
Ry Locomotives Cars
Railway Locomotives and Cars ; 128 , n 7
1954
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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