New type 1 center-cab 900 bhp diesel-electric design incorporating twin horizontal engines for duties where locomotive is frequently reversed; power-units incorporate 2 Paxman turbocharged 6-cyl diesel engines Type 6ZHXL each developing 450 bhp at 1500 rpm; locomotive has Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, gage of 4 ft 8 1/2 in., total wheelbase of 36 ft 6 in., maximum permissible speed 60 mph and maximum tractive effort 40,000 lb. (See also Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 30 n 349 Nov 1962 p 232-3)
Small general-purpose locomotives for B.R.
Diesel Ry Traction
Diesel Railway Traction ; 16 , n 366
1962
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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