Locomotive testing station at Rugby consists of two main buildings, with rail and road approaches; plant consists of seven pairs of rollers which support locomotive and up to five of which may be driven by coupled wheels of engine; each of these five pairs of rollers is coupled to Freude hydraulic brake, or dynamometer; capacity of plant is rated at 4500 hp, capable of being augmented to max of 6000 hp; each roller unit designed to carry load of 67,200 lb.
Locomotive test plant for British railways
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineer ; 123 , n 12
1949
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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