Metrovick 3780 hp Co-Co "46" class electric locomotive for heavy duty on South Wales Government Railways; gage 4 ft 8 1/2 in.; weight in working order 108 tons; length over buffers 55 ft 4 in.; tractive effort at 25% adhesion 60,500 lb; three six-pole, force ventilated traction motors of each truck are axle hung and mounted in tandem. (See also Ry Gaz v 108 n 7 Feb 14 1958 p 192-6)


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    Title :

    New South Wales railways mixed-traffic locomotives


    Additional title:

    Metropolitan-Vickers Gaz


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    9 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Supp Plate


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    New South Wales railways mixed-traffic locomotives

    Bostock, E.T. / Hawkins, D.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1958


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