Constructional details of ML 4000 diesel hydraulic locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei, West Germany, for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co, designed around performance requirement of hauling heavy freight on 2% grade at arbitrarily imposed drawbar pull limitation of 180,000 lb at train speed of 17 mph; underframe and superstructure; each unit is fitted with 2 Maybach MD 870 16-cyl diesel engines, V-type, 7.3 in. bore, 7.9 in. stroke, 5246-cu in. displacement, 4-stroke cycle, 16.2.1 compression ratio.


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    Title :

    High horsepower diesel-hydraulic locomotives in heavy duty freight service


    Additional title:

    ASME -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    ASME Meeting WA-245 ; 1962



    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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