Each train consists of power car, baggage car, and three passenger trailer cars; power car is provided with driver's cabin at each end; installed are two 8-cycl 2-stroke 330-bhp Harland-B and W engines directly connected to Voith-Sinclair turbo-converters, two auxiliary National oil engines of 34 bhp for supplying power for train lighting, air conditioning and compressed air for brakes. (See also Gas and Oil Power v 32 n 386 Nov 1937 p 286; Engineer v 165 n 4281 Jan 28 1938 p 108; Oil Engine v 5 n 58 Feb 1938 p 310-3)


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    Title :

    Oil-engined trains for Australia


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 145 , n 3760


    Publication date :

    1938


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Oil-engined trains for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938


    Oil-engined trains for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938


    Oil-engined trains for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938


    Oil-engined trains for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938


    Oil-engined trains for Australia

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938