Bo-Bo diesel electric locomotives built by Derby works for British Railways, for general purpose duties in Eastern Region area; weight in working order 75 tons, wheel diam 45 in., length over buffers 50 ft 6 in., starting tractive effort 40,000 lb; 6-cyl Sulzer engine develops 1160 bhp at 750 rpm; diagram. (See also Ry Gaz v 109 n 4 July 25 1958 p 103-4; Diesel Ry Traction v 12 n 317 Oct 1958 p 393-8; Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 26 n 300 Aug 1958 p 136-9)


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    Title :

    Type "2" diesel-electric locomotives for British railways


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 206 , n 5349


    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English